English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of blight

blight

/noun/ तुषार; पाला; नुक़सान; हानि; क्षति;
/verb/हानि पहुंचाना; नुक़सान पहुंचाना;

Synonym tushar; earth bank; waster; loss; damage; steer; harm;

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English Dictionary:

1. Blight

[n.]

- Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences.
- The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc.
- That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
- A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects.
- A rashlike eruption on the human skin.

2. Blight

[v. i.]

- To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights.

3. Blight

[v. t.]

- To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
- Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.