1a. Any of numerous plant diseases resulting in sudden conspicuous wilting and dying of affected parts, especially young, growing tissues. b. The condition or causative agent, such as a bacterium, fungus, or virus, that results in blight. 2. An extremely adverse environmental condition, such as air pollution. 3. Something that impairs growth, withers hopes and ambitions, or impedes progress and prosperity.
VERB:
Inflected forms: blight·ed, blight·ing, blights
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To cause (a plant, for example) to undergo blight. 2. To have a deleterious effect on; ruin. See synonyms at blast.
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