blighted
Struck by decay
Blighted describes something damaged, ruined, or afflicted by blight—originally a plant disease that withers crops, now extended to anything that suffers decay or destruction.
A blighted neighborhood has fallen into disrepair.
Blighted hopes have been crushed.
The word carries a sense of promise destroyed: something that should have flourished but didn't.
Persistently afflicted
- strickenSeriously affected by adversity
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- tormentedSubjected to severe distress
- troubledExperiencing distress or anxiety
cursed · doomed · ill-fated · devastated · ravaged · ruined · damaged · harmed
Organic matter decomposing
- decomposingOrganic matter breaking down
- corrodedEaten away chemically
- deterioratingBecoming progressively worse
- crumblingBreaking down gradually
festering · putrid · spoiled · moldering · rusting · eroding · degraded · disintegrating
Impoverished urban district
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
- rundownQuick overview of facts
decayed · neglected · condemned · deteriorated · crumbling · vacant · desolate · squalid
plagued
Persistently afflicted
- strickenSeriously affected by adversity
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- tormentedSubjected to severe distress
troubled · cursed · doomed · ill-fated · devastated · ravaged · ruined · damaged · harmed · impacted
rotting
Organic matter decomposing
- decomposingOrganic matter breaking down
- corrodedEaten away chemically
- deterioratingBecoming progressively worse
crumbling · festering · putrid · spoiled · moldering · rusting · eroding · degraded · disintegrating · collapsing
slum
Impoverished urban district
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- dilapidatedRuined through neglect
rundown · decayed · neglected · condemned · deteriorated · crumbling · vacant · desolate · squalid · impoverished
diseased
Affected by illness
mold · mildew · rotting · withered · stunted · failed · famine · potato · elm · chestnut
shriveled
Contracted from moisture loss
- desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated
- wiltedLimp from dehydration
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
sere · faded · stunted · scorched · brittle · dead · lifeless · barren · defoliated · blasted
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced
- fortunelucky, luck, fortune, fate, destiny
- spoiledrotten, rotted, rotting, spoiled, spoiling
- taintedtainted, contaminated, corrupted, polluted, poisoned
- urban adjectivesurban, metropolitan, bustling, crowded, dense
- deformitiesdeformed, disfigured, misshapen, distorted, twisted
blightedthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · healthy · prosperous · blooming · verdant
- urban blightDeterioration of city areas
- potato blightFungal tuber infection
- crop blightDisease destroying cultivated plants
- fire blightBacterial infection of fruit trees
- tomato blightPlant disease affecting nightshades
- late blightPlant disease rotting tubers