poor wretch

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• Wretch — 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.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wretch — [ retʃ ] noun count 1. ) someone who is in a difficult situation and who you feel sorry for: The poor wretch lay crying by the side of the road. 2. ) HUMOROUS someone you do not like or who annoys you: Why did you marry that wretch? a ) LITERARY… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• wretch —    This word is now rather old fashioned, but it came easily to speakers in former times who wished to abuse someone. It was in regular use from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century, with the meaning of ‘vile person’, and was either insulting …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• wretch — n. a poor wretch * * * [retʃ] a poor wretch …   Combinatory dictionary

• wretch — [[t]re̱tʃ[/t]] wretches 1) N COUNT You can refer to someone as a wretch when you feel sorry for them because they are unhappy or unfortunate. [LITERARY] Before the poor wretch had time to speak, he was shot. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) You can refer …   English dictionary

• wretch — UK [retʃ] / US noun [countable] Word forms wretch : singular wretch plural wretches 1) someone who is in a difficult situation and who you feel sorry for The poor wretch lay crying by the side of the road. 2) a) humorous someone who you do not… …   English dictionary

• wretch — noun (C) 1 someone that you feel sorry for: The poor wretch had really suffered. 2 often humorous someone you are annoyed with: You wretch! You ve soaked my dress! 3 literary an evil person …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• wretch — noun 1) the wretches killed themselves Syn: poor creature, poor soul, poor thing, poor unfortunate; informal poor devil 2) I wouldn t trust the old wretch Syn: scoundrel, villain, ruffian, rogue, rascal, reprobate …   Thesaurus of popular words

• poor devil — Synonyms and related words: Bowery bum, almsman, almswoman, bankrupt, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, casual, charity case, derelict, devil, down and out, down and outer, drifter, drunkard, good for… …   Moby Thesaurus

• wretch — Synonyms and related words: Bowery bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blackguard, blighter, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, cur, derelict, devil, dog, drifter, drunkard, good for naught, good for nothing, hobo, human wreck, knave, lowlife …   Moby Thesaurus

• wretch — n 1. unfortunate, miserable or poor being or creature, poor devil, pilgarlic, sad case, Sl. sad sack, Chiefly Brit. Sl. poor bugger; victim, sufferer, prey, shorn lamb, martyr, scapegoat; outcast, misfit, pariah; ragamuffin, Sl. raggy,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder