blighting
Causing widespread damage
Blighting describes something that causes decay, damage, or destruction—typically to plants, hopes, or prospects.
A blighting frost kills crops.
Blighting poverty stunts development.
The word carries a sense of withering or ruining what might otherwise flourish: The scandal had a blighting effect on his career.
Causing severe damage
- ruiningCausing complete destruction
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
- wreckingDestroying completely
- ravagingViolently destroying everything
decimating · spoiling · damaging · marring · scarring · despoiling · desolating · laying waste
Deadly epidemic disease
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- mildewFungus from dampness
rust · canker · wilt · rot · infestation · fungus · pathogen · contagion
Weakening by covert means
- sabotagingDeliberately undermining or destroying
- thwartingObstructing intended outcomes
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
dashing · quashing · squelching · suffocating · smothering · strangling · impeding · hindering
Casting malevolent magic
- jinxingCausing bad luck
- bewitchingPowerfully and mysteriously charming
- cursingUsing profane language
- doomingCondemning to destruction
blasting · damning · afflicting · plaguing · tormenting · evil eye · malediction · accursed
devastating
Causing severe damage
- ruiningCausing complete destruction
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
- wreckingDestroying completely
ravaging · decimating · spoiling · damaging · marring · scarring · despoiling · desolating · laying waste · razing
plague
Deadly epidemic disease
- pestilenceFatal epidemic disease
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
mildew · rust · canker · wilt · rot · infestation · fungus · pathogen · contagion · scourge
undermining
Weakening by covert means
- sabotagingDeliberately undermining or destroying
- thwartingObstructing intended outcomes
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
crushing · dashing · quashing · squelching · suffocating · smothering · strangling · impeding · hindering · hampering
hexing
Casting malevolent magic
- jinxingCausing bad luck
- bewitchingPowerfully and mysteriously charming
- cursingUsing profane language
dooming · blasting · damning · afflicting · plaguing · tormenting · evil eye · malediction · accursed · star-crossed
shriveling
Contracting from moisture loss
- wiltingLosing turgor and drooping
- desiccatingRemoving all moisture
- parchingMaking intensely dry
scorching · stunting · yellowing · browning · drooping · dying · fading · blanching · searing · killing
- dark magicblack magic, dark magic, sorcery, witchcraft, dark arts
- deterioratingdecaying, decomposing, degrading, rotting, eroding
blightinghealing
Restoration of health
restoring · revitalizing · rejuvenating · reviving · invigorating
blightingblessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
improving · enhancing · benefiting · aiding · advancing
blightingprotecting
Keeping from harm
guarding · safeguarding · preserving · shielding · defending