Blight
Word | BLIGHT |
Character | 6 |
Hyphenation | blight |
Pronunciations | /blaɪt/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Blight"
What do we mean by blight?
Any of numerous plant diseases resulting in sudden conspicuous wilting and dying of affected parts, especially young, growing tissues. noun
The condition or causative agent, such as a bacterium, fungus, or virus, that results in blight. noun
An agent or action that harms or ruins the value or success of something. noun
A condition or result of harmful or ruinous action. noun
To cause (a plant, for example) to undergo blight. intransitive verb
To have a deleterious effect on; ruin. synonym: blast. intransitive verb
To suffer blight. intransitive verb
Some influence, usually hidden or not conspicuous, that nips, blasts, or destroys plants; a diseased state of plants caused by the condition of the soil, atmospheric influences, insects, parasitic plants, etc.; smut, mildew, or the like. noun
Figuratively, any malignant or mysterious influence that nips, blasts, destroys, or brings to naught; anything which withers hope, blasts one's prospects, or checks prosperity. noun
. In medicine: A slight facial paralysis induced by sudden cold or damp. noun
See blights. noun
To affect with blight; cause to wither or decay; nip, blast, or destroy.
To exert a malignant or baleful influence on; blast or mar the beauty, hopes, or prospects of; frustrate.
Purulent conjunctivitis. noun
An insect, usually inconspicuous or hidden, which causes trees or plants to become diseased or to die, as the American blight. noun
Same as mosquito blight. See also tea-bug. noun
Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences. noun
The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc. noun
Any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other parts.
The bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition.
(by extension) Anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life.
The feeling, when walking through a part of town, that this neighborhood has seen better days. The decline of a part of the city from thriving neighborhood to encroaching ghettodom. Usually, blight begins with the construction of a mall/huge shopping complex, which drains local businesses of needed revenue, causing them to fail, leading eventually to joblessness and poverty. The first signs of blight are poorly kept properties, damaged building facades and an increasing number of "for sale" signs. Blight can worsten or recover, but if aided by a poor economy, it can be the precursor to the descent of the neighborhood into ghetto status. Jobs stay scarce, get scarcer, the upper middle classes leave because the area is no longer "desirable," the lower middle classes leave to find jobs in other towns. As property values plunge, the neighborhood becomes populated by the very poor, who can't afford to live any where else. Since ethnic and class lines, just as concrete as one another, often run paralell, the neigborhood often changes color. As buildings fall into disrepair, sale signs give way to boarded up windows. In it's final state, the neighborhood is a slum, a ghetto, plagued with crime, disease and, above all, crushing, inescapeable poverty. This of course is just the worst case scenario. Urban Dictionary
A giant lumbering behmoth. Causing destruction and hate. Eats small children and is anal. Is usually a authority figure, but that doesn't make him/her not a bastard. Hates children and love. Urban Dictionary
The street name of "Milwaukee's Best Light". Traditionally, it has been known as "Beast". Blight is a blend of these terms. Urban Dictionary
An adjective to describe a black person who thinks they're white. Kind of like "wigger". Urban Dictionary
A black person that hangs out with white people and has a hight and squeeky voice/laugh. This changes when in the company of black people, which never happens to this particular person. Urban Dictionary
The sparking of a blunt. Urban Dictionary
In the Stop-Motion series “Moral Orel” Orel’s father Clay Puppington has a drunk rant about nature. He mentions the word blight being sudden withering death. And how Orel needs to look at the Blight side of things. Urban Dictionary
In the Stop-Motion series “Moral Orel” Orel’s father Clay Puppington has a drunk rant about nature. He mentions the word blight being sudden withering death. And how Orel needs to look at the Blight side of things. Urban Dictionary
A person who is completely bad luck. If they speak, or are in a certain place,bad things happen. Urban Dictionary
(adj.) A slang word describing the state of being a blight. Often used to denote something really shitty or unfortunate. Similar to dreadful. Urban Dictionary
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