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blighter
noun blight·er \ˈblī-tər\
: a person (especially a man) who is unpleasant
: a man who you think is lucky, unlucky, etc.
Full Definition of BLIGHTER
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: one that blights
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First Known Use of BLIGHTER
1822
Related to BLIGHTER
- Synonyms
- bastard, beast, bleeder [British], jerk [chiefly British], boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, cad, chuff, churl, clown, creep, cretin, crud [slang], crumb [slang], cur, dirtbag [slang], dog, fink, heel, hound, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, rat fink, reptile, rotter, schmuck [slang], scum, scumbag [slang], scuzzball [slang], skunk, sleaze, sleazebag [slang], sleazeball [slang], slime, slimeball [slang], slob, snake, so-and-so, sod [chiefly British], stinkard, stinker, swine, toad, varmint, vermin
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