blighted
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blighted — index marred, tainted (contaminated) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Blighted — Blight Blight (bl[imac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blighting}.] [Perh. contr. from AS. bl[=i]cettan to glitter, fr. the same root as E. bleak. The meaning to blight comes in that case from to glitter, hence, to be white… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blighted — adjective affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity (Freq. 1) a blighted rose blighted urban districts • Syn: ↑spoilt • Similar to: ↑destroyed … Useful english dictionary
blighted hope — index pessimism Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
blighted spoilt — destroyed destroyed adj. 1. p. p. of {destroy}. [Narrower terms: {annihilated, exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted}; {blighted, spoilt}; {blotted out, obliterate, obliterated};… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blighted area — An unaesthetic and uneconomic section; an area of such kind that razing all the buildings will serve a public purpose, even though a few of them may not be substandard or blighted. Velishka v Nashua, 99 NH 161, 106 A2d 571, 44 ALR2d 1406 … Ballentine's law dictionary
blighted — Synonyms and related words: absolute, ausgespielt, baffled, balked, bankrupt, betrayed, bilked, blasted, blessed, blown, botched, broken, chapfallen, confounded, crestfallen, crossed, crushed, cursed, cussed, damnable, dashed, defeated, desolated … Moby Thesaurus
blighted — blaɪt n. disease, plague, scourge; affliction, destruction v. destroy, ruin; cause to wither and die (of a plant) … English contemporary dictionary
blighted — blight·ed … English syllables
blighted — /ˈblaɪtəd/ (say bluytuhd) adjective 1. (of a plant) affected with blight. 2. frustrated; ruined. 3. Medicine (of a fertilised ovum) not developing although the gestational sac continues to grow, resulting in a miscarriage either natural or… …
