blight

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a state or condition being blighted

Definition categories: state, desolation, devastation

2. any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting

Definition categories: state

verb

1. cause to suffer a blight

- Too much rain may blight the garden with mold

Similar word(s): plague

Definition categories: weather, afflict, smite

Sentences with blight as a verb:

- This vine never blights.

- Those obscene tattoos are going to blight your job prospects.