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wretch

[ rech ]

noun

  1. a deplorably unfortunate or unhappy person.
  2. a person of despicable or base character.


wretch

/ rɛtʃ /

noun

  1. a despicable person
  2. a person pitied for his misfortune
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wretch1

before 900; Middle English wrecche, Old English wrecca exile, adventurer; cognate with German Recke warrior, hero, Old Norse rekkr man
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wretch1

Old English wrecca; related to Old Saxon wrekkeo, Old High German reccheo (German Recke warrior), Old Norse rek ( n ) ingr
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Example Sentences

So you are the one who is at the bottom of this, you wretch you!

The haggard wretch was equally incapacitated, only her condition was mental.

An utterly undeserving wretch defeated a neophyte vulgarian.

After the wretch had stabbed her in three places, he went to make his escape out at a window; but she cried out, My dear!

It was evident that the dread of another period of prison life was strong upon the trembling wretch.

If only the poor wretch next door knew what was in store for him!

There was a long stretch of wood country, where the wretch's most inhuman deeds had been located.

You don't think I am going to suffer Maude's children to be domineered over by a wretch of a step-mother—perhaps poisoned.

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