wretch

[wretch]

A wretch is someone who is so miserable and unlucky that you almost have to feel sorry for the person. You might pity the poor wretch who was fired at work over something that wasn’t even his fault.

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A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy.

Noun
someone you feel sorry for

Noun
performs some wicked deed


v. t.
A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy.

v. t.
One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.


Wretch

Wretch , n. [OE. wrecche, AS. wrecca, wr'91cca, an exile, a wretch, fr. wrecan to drive out, punish; properly, an exile, one driven out, akin to AS. wr'91c an exile, OS. wrekkio a stranger, OHG. reccheo an exile. See Wreak, v. t.] 1. A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy. "The wretch that lies in woe." Shak.
Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun?
2. One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch. &hand; Wretch is sometimes used by way of slight or ironical pity or contempt, and sometimes to express tenderness; as we say, poor thing. "Poor wretch was never frighted so." Drayton.

A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy.

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Usage Examples

The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you, o Liberty, do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you, but win you.

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