Synonyms for blight
blaɪtblight

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 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

Matched Categories

1. • Afflict
   • Devastation

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 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 WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blightverb

   Synonyms:
   blast, ruin, frustrate, fowart

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "blight":

   bacterial, burn, scourge, burning, plague, mildew

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blight

   Synonyms:
   Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, New Forest Eye, pinkeye

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How to use blight in a sentence?

1. Casey Michel:

   It's embarrassing, it's shameful. It's a blight on the Kennedy Center itself and its only going to continue aging poorly.

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. Barack Obama:

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

4. Felicia Hermans:

   Deep is a wounded heart, and strong A voice that cries against a mighty wrong And full of death as a hot wind's blight, Doth the ire of a crushed affection light.

5. 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.