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blighter

/ˈblaɪtə/US/ˈblaɪtɚ/

blighter noun: one who blights.

Noun

blighter (plural blighters)

  1. One who blights.
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
  3. A man or child, especially an annoying one.
    • "[I]f I had known that Pine was such a blighter as to leave me nothing, I'm hanged if I'd have allowed him to be buried in such decent company."1911, Fergus Hume, chapter 10, in Red Money
    • He knew that the old blighter had to be humored in certain small ways.1919, Anthony Hope, chapter 7, in The Secret of the Tower

Forms of blighter

pluralblighters

Origin of blighter

From blight (something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life) + -er.

Questions about blighter

What does blighter mean?
Blighter means one who blights.
What part of speech is blighter?
Blighter is a noun.
How do you pronounce blighter?
Blighter is pronounced /ˈblaɪtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of blighter?
The plural of blighter is blighters.

Words near blighter in the dictionary

  1. blightedly
  2. blighten
  3. blightened
  4. blightening
  5. blightens
  6. blighter
  7. blighters
  8. blightest
  9. blighteth
  10. blighties
  11. blighting

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