Translate blight | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of blight
noun
a plant disease, especially one caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts:the vines suffered blight and disease potato blight [in singular] a thing that spoils or damages something:her remorse could be a blight on that happiness an ugly, neglected, or rundown condition of an urban area:the depressing urban blight that lies to the south of the city
verb
[with object] infect (plants or a planted area) with blight:a peach tree blighted by leaf curl spoil, harm, or destroy:the scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians (as adjective blighted)his father’s blighted ambitions (usually as adjective
blighted)
subject (an urban area) to neglect:plans to establish enterprise zones in blighted areas
