blighted

English

Etymology

From blight +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈblaɪtɪd/
• Rhymes: -aɪtɪd
• Hyphenation: blight‧ed

Adjective

blighted (comparative more blighted, superlative most blighted)

1. Having caused to suffer a blight.
2. Having suffered a blight.

   Antonym: unblighted

   • 2022 October 7, Arthur Augustyn, “Opinion: Stamford is a cultural hellhole. What do the people want?”, in Stamford Advocate‎, archived from the original on 14 April 2024:

     The Glenbrook Community Center is in disrepair and has been closed for a number of years, which means it is the exact kind of dilapidated and blighted building CAVE People will do everything to protect.

3. Ruined, spoiled.

   Antonym: unblighted

   • 1814, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in The Corsair, a Tale, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza X, page 13, lines 246–247:

     Mark—how that that lone and blighted bosom sears / The scathing thought of execrated years!

Derived terms

• blightedly
• blighted ovum
• unblighted

Verb

blighted

1. simple past and past participle of blight

Anagrams

• bedlight