blight
/blʌɪt/
US pronunciation
American sound/blʌɪt/
blight
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- Vowel
- Short i vowel
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US voice -> blight
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
၁။ [U] အပင်ရောဂါ။ potato blight.
၂။ [C] ~ (on sb/sth) တစ်မှောင့်။ တစ်ဒုက္ခ။ The bad weather cast/put a blight on our holiday. ❍ Unemployment is a blight on our community.
၃။ [U] (မြို့ပြ၌) အပယ်ခံ (သို့) အကျည်းတန်အခြေအနေ။ the blight of inner-city slums.
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၁။ အပင်ရောဂါကျရောက်သည်။ The rose bushes were blighted by mildew.
၂။ ပျက်စီးစေသည်။ a career blighted by poor health ❍ Modern buildings have blighted the village.
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disfigurement, disease, stain, scar, blot, affliction, afflict, annihilate, bane, blast, blot on the landscape, canker, contamination, corruption, crush, curse, damage, dash, decay, destroy, disappoint, disease; plague, disfigure, dump, evil, eyesore, foul up, frustrate, fungus, glitch up, impair, infestation, injure, mar, mess up, mildew, nip in the bud, nullify, pest, pestilence, pollution, rot, ruin, scourge, shrivel, sight, spoil, taint, trash, wither, withering, woe, wreck
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