Words / C2

BLYT/blaɪt/

A blight is something that spoils a place, plan, or name; also a plant disease (and a verb: blight a career): urban blight, blight on the landscape. Spoil and ruin (already in the dictionary) are everyday; bane (this batch) is the cause of the harm. Pernicious (already in the dictionary) is slowly destructive. Do not call a blank methods cell a design choice.

Meaning

Something that spoils or damages a place, plan, or reputation (also a verb).

Examples

• “An empty cell is a blight on the methods, not a design choice.”
• “Spoil is everyday (already in B2). Ruin is destruction (already in B2). Bane is the cause of harm (this batch). Pernicious is slowly destructive (already in C2). A small stain can still be named. A blank n used to protect a ranking is the spoiling that counts. Fill the cell; the layout can wait.”

Good to know

A spoiling force; also a plant disease. Everyday: spoil / ruin (already in this dictionary). Close: bane (this batch). Contrast: pernicious (slowly destructive — already in C2). Design ≠ an n.

Near in meaning

scourge, curse, plague, affliction

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