The doctor said that this blight is immedicable.
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Blight
//blaɪt//
Synonyms for "blight" (297 found)
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Closest matches (60)
Strong matches (89)
crucifycrying evilcursedamagedashdeep freezedefectdeficiency diseasedefiledefilementdeformitydegenerative diseasedepravedespoildespoliationdestroydestructiondetrimentdifficultiesdifficulty
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disabilitydisadvantagediseasedisorderdisservedistemperdistressdo a mischiefdo evildo illdo wrongdo wrong bydoomdownerdry rotendemicendemic diseaseendocrine diseaseenvenomepidemic diseaseevilfly in the ointmentfreezefreeze solidfunctional diseasefungusfungus diseasegastrointestinal diseasegenetic diseaseget into troubleglaciateglacifygrievancehandicapharasshard knockshard lifehard lothardcasehardshipharmhavochereditary diseasehexhurtiatrogenic diseaseiceillillnessimpairindispositioninfectinfectioninfectious diseaseinfestinfestationinfirmity
Related words (148)
injureinjuryirritationjinxmaladymalaisemaltreatmarmenacemildewmischiefmisfortunemistreatmoldmolestmorbiditymorbusmothmoth and rustmould
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mouldermouldymuscular diseasemustneurological diseasenipnutritional diseaseoccupational diseaseorganic diseaseoutrageovershadowpandemic diseasepathological conditionpathologypersecutepestpestilencepipplagueplant diseaseplay havoc withplay hob withplightpoisonpollutepollutionpredicamentprejudicepressureprotozoan diseasepsychosomatic diseasequick-freezerefreezeregelaterespiratory diseaserigorrockinessrotruinrustsavagescabscathescourgesea of troublessecondary diseaseseedinessshadowsickishnesssicknesssignsignssmutsnake in the grassspoilstressstress of lifesymptomsymptomatologysymptomologysymptomssyndrometaintthe pipthe worstthreatentormenttorturetoxintrialtribulationtroubletroublesulcerundoingurogenital diseasevale of tearsvenomvexationvicissitudeviolatevirus diseasevisitationwasting diseasewitherwoewormworm diseaseworsenwoundwreak havocwreak havoc onwreckwrong
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Translations
71 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- вредител noun (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life)
- главня noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
- ръжда noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
- повреждам verb (to impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life) — see also damage, ruin, spoil)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 枯萎病 noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
Czech
4 entries- neštěstí noun (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life)
- plíseň noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
- plíseň noun (cause of such a condition)
- pohroma noun (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life)
Finnish
4 entries- hautova ilma noun (state of cloudy, humid weather)
- punoitus noun (diseased condition of the face or skin)
- rappio noun (rundown and unsightly condition of an urban area; such an area)
- riesa noun (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life)
French
4 entries- cloque noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
- fléau noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
- fléau noun (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life)
- rouille noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
German
4 entries- Braunfäule noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
- Geißel noun (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life)
- Heimsuchung noun (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life)
- Plage noun (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life)
Irish
2 entries- dúchan noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
- smol verb (to affect the fertility or growth of (a plant) with a blight)
Italian
2 entries- rovina noun (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life)
- obliterare verb (to impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life) — see also damage, ruin, spoil)
Latin
2 entries- rōbīgō noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
- ūrēdō noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
Māori
3 entries- kōmae noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
- mahaki noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
- paraiti noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
Norwegian
1 entries- spolere verb (to impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life) — see also damage, ruin, spoil)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یانمق verb (of a plant: to suffer blight)
Polish
1 entries- zgnilizna noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
Russian
4 entries- вреди́тель noun (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life)
- ми́лдью noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
- ожо́г noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
- по́рча noun (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gaiseadh noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
Spanish
4 entries- mal noun (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life)
- mildiu noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
- plaga noun (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life)
- polvillo noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
Telugu
1 entries- తెగులు noun (type of diseased condition of a plant — see also mildew, rust, smut)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
Here is a red spider, not so big as a pin's head. Can you imagine an elephant being interested in him—caring whether he is happy or isn't, or whether he is wealthy or poor, or whether his sweetheart returns his love or not, or whether his mother is sick or well, or whether he is looked up to in society or not, or whether his enemies will smite him or his friends desert him, or whether his hopes will suffer blight or his political ambitions fail, or whether he shall die in the bosom of his family or neglected and despised in a foreign land?
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A devastating potato blight and famine struck in Ireland in the 1840's.
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"Nor in my madness kept my purpose low, / but vowed, if e'er should happier chance invite, / and bring me home a conqueror, even so / my comrade's death with vengeance to requite. / My words aroused his wrath; thence evil's earliest blight. / Thenceforth Ulysses sought with slanderous tongue / to daunt me, scattering in the people's ear / dark hints, and looked for partners of his wrong; / nor rested, till with Calchas' aid, the seer..."
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