blight /blīt/

1. A disease in plants which shrivels or withers them
2. A fungus, insect, or other cause of blight
3. Anything that injures, destroys, depresses or frustrates
4. A blighted state, decay, a setback, a check

1. To affect with blight
2. To shrivel
3. To frustrate

blightˈed adjective

1. Affected with blight
2. Spoiled, ruined
3. (of a usu urban area) becoming a slum

blightˈer noun

1. A term of (usu playful) abuse, scamp, beggar, wretch (informal)
2. A cause of blighting

blightˈing noun and adjective

blightˈingly adverb

planning blight

A fall in value, and consequent neglect, of property in an area, caused by uncertainty about its planned future

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