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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. blightnoun

    a state or condition being blighted

  2. blightverb

    any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting

  3. blight, plagueverb

    cause to suffer a blight

    "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

    Synonyms:
    chevvy, molest, hassle, harass, chivy, plague, provoke, chevy, beset, harry, chivvy

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Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. blightnoun

    Synonyms:
    pestilence (among plants), mildew, blast

  2. blightverb

    Synonyms:
    blast, wither, shrivel, kill, destroy, taint with mildew, cause to decay

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. blightverb

    Synonyms:
    blast, ruin, frustrate, fowart

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "blight":

    bacterial, burn, scourge, burning, plague, mildew

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. blight

    Synonyms:
    Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, New Forest Eye, pinkeye

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How to use blight in a sentence?

  1. Barack Obama:

    The apparent motivations of the shooter remind us that racism remains a blight that we have to combat together.

  2. Premier Li Keqiang:

    We will strive for zero-growth in the consumption of coal in key areas of the country, environmental pollution is a blight on people's quality of life and a trouble that weighs on their hearts.

  3. James Lynch:

    We hope that the authorities will take the opportunity of this release to review Qatar's criminal justice system and ensure that such flagrant violations of the right to freedom of expression are not repeated. This case has been a blight on Qatar's international reputation.

  4. Mark McArdle:

    We recently visited Detroit, and you can see the real impact the blight program is having on communities.

  5. Premier Li Keqiang:

    Environmental pollution is a blight on people's quality of life and a trouble that weighs on their hearts.


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