Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blighting

/ˈblaɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: blight-ing
IPA: /ˈblaɪtɪŋ/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of blight

adj

British usage; Slang

noun

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 […]"

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

blightings (plural)

Derived Forms

blightingly

Rhymes With

writing lighting citing inviting biting sighting whiting kiting uninviting knighting disinviting

Questions

How do you pronounce blighting?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈblaɪtɪŋ/.
What does blighting mean?: present participle and gerund of blight

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