blight
[noun]
Synonyms:
- curse, affliction, bane, contamination, corruption, evil, plague, pollution, scourge, woe
- disease, canker, decay, fungus, infestation, mildew, pest, pestilence, rot
[verb]
Synonyms:
- frustrate, crush, dash, disappoint, mar, ruin, spoil, undo, wreck

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. blight¹ /blaɪt/ noun

1. [singular, uncountable] an unhealthy condition of plants in which parts of them dry up and die

2. [singular] something that makes people unhappy or that spoils their lives or the environment they live in
blight on
Her guilty secret was a blight on her happiness.
the blight of poverty

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. blight² verb [transitive]
to spoil or damage something, especially by preventing people from doing what they want to do:
a disease which, though not fatal, can blight the lives of its victims
a country blighted by poverty
—blight‧ed adjective:
blighted hopes

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲