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blighting

  • /ˈblaɪtɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aɪtɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of blight

adjective

  1. UK, not comparable, slang Damned; pesky. "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 blightings

  1. The act by which something is blighted. 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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@misc{blighting_2026,
  title = {blighting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blighting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}