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Meanings of
blighter
in English
Portuguese
homem
Spanish
tipo
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A boy or man.
fellow
lad
chap
feller
fella
bloke
gent
cuss
Portuguese
homem
Portuguese
peste
Catalan
corcó
Spanish
plaga
Back to the meaning
A persistently annoying person.
pest
gadfly
pesterer
Portuguese
peste
Synonyms
Examples for "
pest
"
pest
gadfly
pesterer
Examples for "
pest
"
1
New Zealand's largest-ever
pest
control operation has been given the go ahead.
2
Balanced invertebrate ecosystems are also a strong natural source of
pest
control.
3
Dr Cheng-Long Chuang explains how the technology helps farmers fight the
pest
.
4
One assembly member fears it will lead to fly-tipping and
pest
problems.
5
There was a
pest
in Athens in the fifth century before Christ.
1
The
gadfly
had flown away, and Sindri bade his brother cease working.
2
He killed the cruel
gadfly
and threw it into the river.
3
He brushes it aside as the elephant might brush aside the ineffective
gadfly
.
4
Evelyn Davis, a well-known shareholder
gadfly
,
spoke frequently at the meeting.
5
Three-point sharpshooter, journeyman and league
gadfly
Derrick Fisher last served in the role.
1
In Grantham lived an apothecary, name of Clarke, an indefatigable
pesterer
.
2
M. d'Anquetil was the first to break the silence by questioning himself aloud, swearing horribly the while, who the deuce the
pesterers
could be.
Usage of
blighter
in English
1
In which case, cruel to be kind, one simply stunned the
blighter
.
2
Lend me a bottle of whisky and mount guard-mustimpress the
blighter
.
3
The very next time I meet the
blighter
,
I'll cut him dead.
4
Fawncy the
blighter
'd
feel better wif two legs, if one was Boche.
5
I not only caught the
blighter
,
but I put his light out.'
6
So that
blighter
Somers, accusing him of cowardice, was a ghastly liar.
7
Rue turned her full attention back to the
blighter
lying below her.
8
The
blighter
was a blaze of mauve from the ankle-bone southward.
9
What were the odds... Well, is this
blighter
any good then, what what?
10
Aronson, the novelist, proved on acquaintance the worst kind of
blighter
.
11
The
blighter
looked even more villainous than I had previously supposed.
12
He insisted on borrowing a Sneakoscope from Trenton Bloch, the
blighter
.
13
I am poor
blighter
with no profession and nine 'undred francs.
14
What was this
blighter
of a detective doing at the villa?
15
It was me who cut off the
blighter
's
nose, you know.
16
For Heaven's sake don't let's talk any more about the
blighter
.
Other examples for "blighter"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
blighter
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
little blighter
old blighter
poor blighter
face blighter
see that blighter
More collocations
Translations for
blighter
Portuguese
homem
menino
moço
macho
garoto
rapaz
varão
peste
Spanish
tipo
tío
plaga
Catalan
corcó
pesta
plaga
borinot
Blighter
through the time
Blighter
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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