BLIGHTED Synonyms: 140 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of blighted

as in stunted

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as in damaged

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verb

past tense of blight

as in ruined

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Recent Examples of blighted

Adjective

The city’s Appeals Hearing Board held a meeting on June 11 to consider next steps for the blighted parcel. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 24 June 2026 These repairs are absolutely key to broader revitalization plans to restore dignity to our blighted corridors and empty strip-malls. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026 On the other hand, in such a blighted landscape, AI could, perhaps, come not as a vulture to pick over the remains but a new life force to resuscitate them. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026 The model is now crumbling, leaving tenants in blighted homes and investors without their payout. — Linda Poon, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blighted

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blighted

Adjective

Still, the emotionally stunted John claims not to harbor ill feelings toward Hal, though this is most certainly challenged by the end of the episode.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
There were no fences or other land-ownership demarcations on the steep slope covered by grass, stunted junipers, and large rocks.

— Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of stunted

Adjective

Persuading big American oil companies to return to the region could prove a challenge given the political uncertainty and damaged infrastructure.

— Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
As families wait for news about their relatives, damaged roads, power outages and fears of further flooding have hampered rescue efforts.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of damaged

Verb

Three winemakers earlier this month filed suit against the owner of Hundred Acre Wines, Jayson Woodbridge, and his company alleging that smoke from the wildfire ruined their harvests, the Press Democrat reported.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Authorities in Napa County have charged a man for allegedly setting the 2025 Pickett Fire near Calistoga, which burned thousands of acres of Wine Country and ruined grape harvests because of the smoke.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of ruined

Adjective

For me, Sliman was pouring water on a dormant seed anxious to sprout.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Various micro-organisms (bacteria, fungi, yeasts) can also lie dormant in the tissues for centuries and can recolonize and multiply due to a ready supply of organic material—particularly if the remains have been stored in suboptimal conditions.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of dormant

Adjective

The rhythmic movement of my hands, the gentle scraping sounds of metal on metal, and the slow, satisfying growth of a misshapen rectangle between my fingers got me out of my head and grounded in the room around me.

— Laura Bradley, HEALTH, 14 Aug. 2026
The only plants for Wareheim are the misshapen ones, the otherworldly freak shows.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of misshapen

Verb

Riggs said the Teamsters’ safety argument is weakened by the inconsistent safety record of human truck drivers, who have fallen asleep at the wheel or driven while distracted or otherwise impaired.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
The Sacramento Police Department will hold a DUI checkpoint Friday night to identify drivers suspected of being impaired by alcohol or drugs.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of impaired

Adjective

Casper Kelly, the delightfully skewed sensibility behind Adult Swim’s ‘Too Many Cooks,’ makes a first theatrical feature that feels like a broken time loop.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Mass spectrometry revealed that the broken containers had once held something containing the chemical compounds theobromine, theophylline, caffeine, and paraxanthine.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of broken

Verb

Though Conahan was convicted of one murder, he was known as the Hog Trail Killer and is believed responsible for the murders of up to a dozen men who were tied up, mutilated and killed in rural areas between Sarasota and Fort Myers in the 1990s.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Gein murdered at least two women, as well as illegally exhumed and mutilated multiple corpses, in the 1940s and 1950s.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

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