About The Word Wretch
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Wretch
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What's The Definition Of Wretch?
[n] someone you feel sorry for
[n] performs some wicked deed Synonyms | Synonyms for Wretch: poor devil Related Terms | Find terms related to Wretch: See Also | miscreant | reprobate | victim Wretch In Webster's Dictionary \Wretch\, n. [OE. wrecche, AS. wrecca, wr[ae]cca, an
exile, a wretch, fr. wrecan to drive out, punish; properly,
an exile, one driven out, akin to AS. wr[ae]c 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? --Cowper.
2. One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable
person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.
Note: 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.
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