blighter
Irritating British chap
Blighter is British slang for a person, usually male, regarded with mild contempt or affection depending on context.
The poor blighter lost his job expresses sympathy.
You lucky blighter conveys envious admiration.
Some blighter stole my umbrella shows irritation.
The word is old-fashioned and somewhat quaint, carrying less sting than stronger terms.
Dishonest or uncontrolled agent
- rascalLovable troublemaker
- scoundrelDishonest, unscrupulous person
- wretchPitiable or base person
- villainWicked story antagonist
miscreant · knave · blackguard · cad · bounder · ne'er-do-well · rapscallion · scalawag
rogue
Dishonest or uncontrolled agent
villain · miscreant · knave · blackguard · cad · bounder · ne'er-do-well · rapscallion · scalawag · scamp
pest
Harmful creature or nag
annoyance · troublemaker · menace · pain · thorn · aggravation · vexation · tormentor · headache · trial
unfortunate
Deserving of pity
beggar · creature · fellow · chap · poor thing · pitiful · luckless · hapless · wretched · miserable
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
- British Exclamationsblimey, bloody hell, crikey, cor blimey, strewth
- Cockney slangapples and pears, boat race, mince pies, porky pies, rhyming slang
- old exclamationszounds, gadzooks, egad, egads, forsooth
- urban blightDeterioration of city areas
- potato blightFungal tuber infection
- crop blightDisease destroying cultivated plants
- fire blightBacterial infection of fruit trees
- tomato blightPlant disease affecting nightshades
- late blightPlant disease rotting tubers