C2verbformalenvironmentsociety
US/blaɪt/
UK/blaɪt/
to damage or spoil something and stop it from being successful or pleasant
In context
The neighborhood is blighted by noise from the new highway.
Injuries have blighted his career since he turned professional.
Plastic rubbish continues to blight some of the country's most beautiful beaches.
Words that go with blight
verb + preposition
- blighted byThe town center is blighted by empty shops.
verb + noun
- blight the livesPoverty and crime blight the lives of many families here.
adjective + noun
- blighted areaThe city plans to rebuild blighted areas near the port.
- blighted neighborhoodsNew parks have brought life back to blighted neighborhoods.
- blighted landscapeOld mines left behind a blighted landscape of gray hills.