I. blight 1 /blaɪt/ BrE AmE 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
II. blight 2 BrE AmE 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