blighter

Converse of object

• catch: That's why we are finding it so difficult to catch the little blighter.
• keep: My four guns were in great form - kept the blighters off the junction - brought one plane down & damaged two others.
• avoid: Or will he take a huge - and in now way pointed - detour to avoid the flag-waving blighters?
• give: So I was not just giving the blighters B & B but threw in a gourmet supper too.

Adjective modifier

• lucky: Last year, the lucky blighter married the minx from the Doritos advert?
• little: I now share my life with 14 of the little blighters who keep me very busy indeed.
• poor: The poor blighters think they are going to step straight back into their old posh jobs - what a hope.
• cheeky: Cheeky blighter had the nerve to nip me, but Iâm pretty confident it was only a nip rather than a sting.
• pesky: I've been reading an interesting article charting the history of these pesky blighters.
• old: The chap who kicked me out is a funny old blighter.