The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - blightn.

1) affliction, disease, plague, infestation, pestilence, scourge: The crops were visited with a blight that lasted seven years. 2) misfortune, curse, trouble, woe, calamity: Genius may suffer an untimely blight. --v. 3) afflict, infest, plague, scourge; wither, mar, taint, blast: Central Africa has been blighted by famine after famine.