blighter
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9.5
- noun
- /ˈblaɪtər/
- Offensive
- I can't stand the way that blighter always cuts in line at the store.
- little blighters
- poor blighter
Examples
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That blighter took my last farthing for the cage.
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I won't have them dirty blighters in my kitchen, and that is that.
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Trying to steal my girl, are you, you dirty blighter?
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The blighter's stuck us all at 1 minute to tea time.
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But who this blighter is, I don't know.
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The bloomin' blighter never called.
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The poor little blighter's smitten!
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If we don't kick up a stink, we give the blighters permission to do it again.
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Not possible, his brother says. "Will you watch that greedy blighter? Well, he's always eating, isn't he? He's got chocolate all over his face."
Fiction book (1999) -
Laugh if you will, Mr. Finnegan, but pixies can be devilishly tricky little blighters.
Synonyms
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9.2
A person or thing that is very annoying and difficult to deal with
69
9.9
A mildly rude word for an annoying or playful person
42
7.2
A person who is cruel and strongly disliked
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7.2
A person or thing that often causes trouble
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2.1
A person who keeps bothering others
25
3.2
A person or thing that bothers you
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6.3
A person or thing that keeps causing trouble for someone
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7.2
A person who is mean or dishonest
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8.8
An annoying person who causes trouble for others
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8.6
A person who is often stubborn or irritating
4
8.4
A person who often annoys others by pointing out problems or asking hard questions
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9.9
A person who is annoying or causes trouble
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9.1
A person who behaves badly or annoys others, often as a joke
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8.4
An unpleasant person who annoys others
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9.0
A teasing name for a person who is annoying or unpleasant
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4.5
An unpleasant person who is hard to get along with
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9.9
A person who annoys others by acting foolish
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6.5
A person who annoys others by repeating small actions
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7.5
A person who keeps complaining or criticizing in an annoying way
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7.4
A person who bothers others by teasing and making fun
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7.5
A person who annoys others by doing small things over and over
A person who annoys others by asking too many questions or interrupting them
A person who keeps asking questions to annoy someone and will not stop
An offensive slang word for a rude person who treats others badly
How Annoying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blighter comes from the common word blight, which means 'to spoil' or 'a plant disease', plus the ending -er, so a blighter is like 'one who spoils things'. That's why it often means a person who is annoying or troublesome.