blight
verb/blaɪt/
/blaɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they blight | /blaɪt/ /blaɪt/ |
| he / she / it blights | /blaɪts/ /blaɪts/ |
| past simple blighted | /ˈblaɪtɪd/ /ˈblaɪtɪd/ |
| past participle blighted | /ˈblaɪtɪd/ /ˈblaɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form blighting | /ˈblaɪtɪŋ/ /ˈblaɪtɪŋ/ |
- blight something to have a bad effect on something, especially by causing a lot of problems
- His career has been blighted by injuries.
- an area blighted by unemployment
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBlight is used with these nouns as the object:- prospect
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting inflammation of the skin): of unknown origin.
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