What does blighting mean?
Blighting means present participle and gerund of blight.
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/ˈblaɪtɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of blight.
"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 […]
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Blighting means present participle and gerund of blight.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"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.
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