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BLIGHTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity
Example:
blighted urban districts
Synonyms:
blighted; spoilt
Classified under:
Similar:
destroyed (spoiled or ruined or demolished)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb blight
Context examples:
His form was of the same strong and stalwart contour as ever: his port was still erect, his hair was still raven black; nor were his features altered or sunk: not in one year's space, by any sorrow, could his athletic strength be quelled or his vigorous prime blighted.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Need I say, that it soon became necessary for me to solicit from—HEEP—pecuniary advances towards the support of Mrs. Micawber, and our blighted but rising family?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He felt that his blighted affections were quite dead now, and though he should never cease to be a faithful mourner, there was no occasion to wear his weeds ostentatiously.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
If, in the progress of revolving years, I could persuade myself that my blighted destiny had been a warning to you, I should feel that I had not occupied another man's place in existence altogether in vain.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Being an energetic individual, Mr. Laurence struck while the iron was hot, and before the blighted being recovered spirit enough to rebel, they were off.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Before I come here, said Uriah, stealing a look at us, as if he would have blighted the outer world to which we belonged, if he could, I was given to follies; but now I am sensible of my follies.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It had been successful, for at three-and-twenty, blighted affections find a balm in friendly society, and young nerves will thrill, young blood dance, and healthy young spirits rise, when subjected to the enchantment of beauty, light, music, and motion.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
