blighting /ˈblaɪtɪŋ/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •(UK, 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. — 1931 noun1 •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 […] — 1897 formsblightings