blighting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaɪtɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ

Verb

blighting

1. present participle and gerund of blight

Adjective

blighting (not comparable)

1. (UK, slang) Damned; pesky.
   • 1931, Robert E. Howard, Alleys of Peril:

     "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.

Noun

blighting (plural blightings)

1. The act by which something is blighted.
   • 1897, Mark Twain, Following the Equator […] ‎^[1], New York: American Publishing Company:

     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 […]

Derived terms

• blightingly