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Definition of Blighted
1. Adjective. Affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity. "Blighted urban districts"
Definition of Blighted
1. Verb. (past of blight) ¹
2. Adjective. having suffered a blight ¹
3. Adjective. having caused to suffer a blight ¹
4. Adjective. ruined, spoiled ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blighted
1. blight [v] - See also: blight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blighted
Literary usage of Blighted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"He afterwards vaccinated the child twice with perfect virus, not yet dried upon
the quills, but both times unsuccessfully. Case, of blighted Foetus retained ..."
2. The Real Shelley: New Views of the Poet's Life by John Cordy Jeaffreson (1885)
"The blighted Being-—Miss Jones's Disappointment—The blighted Being goes to Bath —
He proposes to Miss Harriet Lee — Is rejected by Mrs. Reveley — Is ..."
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