blight

And they do—demanding his remedies for potholes, blighted houses, unfair property taxes, and countless other concerns.

He gave me the impression of a man naturally buoyant, genial, witty, whose life had been blighted by some great sorrow.

The hopes which Barney cherished, however, were destined to be blighted, at least in part.

But she had not the heart to blight his joy with sarcasm, and perhaps no sarcasm would have blighted it.

And then—I wandered on, musing on the doubtful future, on my blighted hopes.

Tracing the blighted past, I am only left to sadden at that gentleness which never came from love!