Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blight
2 senses of blight
Sense 1
blight -- (a state or condition being blighted)
=> devastation, desolation -- (the state of being decayed or destroyed)
Sense 2
blight -- (any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting)
=> plant disease -- (a disease that affects plants)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blight
1 sense of blight
Sense 1
blight, plague -- (cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold")
=> afflict, smite -- (cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague")