wretch

Converse of object

• save: How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me!
• see: No, I'd be quite content to see the wretches herded into re-education camps.
• give: I gave the poor wretch the wherewithal to bury his daughter and to leave England.
• drown: An appeal to perishing sinners to trust in Christ is like calling on a drowning wretch to climb the embankment wall.
• curse: Have not the most cursed wretches been forced to cry out, Oh!
• die: Had the ship passed one quarter of an hour sooner, I had died there a wretch as I lived.

Adjective modifier

• vile: A gentleman said that a week ago he was the vilest wretch in the county, but now saved.
• miserable: Oh, was there in all the world a more miserable wretch than he!
• unhappy: He called himself unhappy wretch at being suspected of treason toward a man for whom he would have given his life.
• poor: Have a care of her, she is too good by far for a poor wretch like me.
• unfortunate: Oh, unfortunate wretch that I am, now I must change whether I will or no!
• little: Why don't you go away you little ignorant wretch?

Noun used with modifier

• base: He played the spy upon us, and surprised us together in bed, base wretch.