[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That blights; blasting, withering.
1796. Coleridge, ‘Pang more sharp,’ 50. One pang more blighting-keen than hope betrayed.
1805. Southey, Madoc in W., ix. Cold winds … and blighting seasons.
1850. Prescott, Peru, II. 351. Pining … under the blighting malaria.
