Blighting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈblaɪtɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Blighting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of blight.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of blight.
More Meanings
- (UK, slang) Damned; pesky.
- The act by which something is blighted.
Example Sentences
"Mate," said the Cockney, after we'd finished about half the bottle, "it comes to me that we're a couple o' blightin' idjits to be workin' for a skirt.
They showed signs of the blightings and blastings of time, in their outward aspect, but they were young within; young and cheerful, and ready to talk […]
Word Forms
- blightings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include plague, undermining, destroying, blackening, besmirchment, blemishment.
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