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[re ]1) (a miserable, unhappy creature: The poor wretch!) nelaimėlis, vargšas2) (a name used in annoyance or anger: You wretch!) nenaudėlis•- wretched- wretchedly
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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
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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 — [[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 — 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 — 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
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