blight
nounA damaging influence or a condition of serious decline and deterioration.
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Clear all filtersA damaging influence or a condition of serious decline and deterioration.
Seriously weakening strength or ability.
A state of serious deterioration or weakness from age, wear, or neglect.
Marked by serious moral corruption or wrongdoing.
To treat something sacred or deeply respected with serious disrespect.
Calm and serious in a way that expresses self-respect and invites respect from others.
In a state of disrepair after neglect or age.
In serious disrepair
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Treating someone or something as unworthy of serious consideration.
To present something as less important or serious than it may be.
Showing sincere, serious, and determined purpose.
Sincerely serious
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An increase in intensity, scale, or seriousness.
Making a fault or difficult situation seem less serious or blameworthy.
Treating a serious matter with deliberately inappropriate humor.
A person who has committed a felony, a category of serious crime.
Obviously and seriously wrong or offensive.
An inappropriately light or disrespectful attitude toward a serious matter.
Showing an inappropriately casual or disrespectful attitude toward a serious matter.
Serious, solemn, or deserving careful concern.
Seriousness or importance of a situation.
To pay careful attention to advice, a warning, or another signal.
To make poor or seriously reduce available resources.
A lack of the respect or seriousness conventionally shown to someone or something.
Showing a lack of solemn respect for something usually treated seriously.
Lightness of manner, especially when greater seriousness is expected.
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