'Wretch' definitions:
Definition of 'wretch'
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Definition of 'Wretch'
From: GCIDE
- 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 Webster]
- 1. A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy. "The wretch that lies in woe." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wretch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beachcomber,
- beggar,
- beggarly fellow,
- blackguard,
- blighter,
- Bowery bum,
- budmash,
- bum,
- bummer,
- caitiff,
- cur,
- derelict,
- devil,
- dog,
- drifter,
- drunkard,
- good-for-naught,
- good-for-nothing,
- hobo,
- human wreck,
- knave,
- lowlife,
- martyr,
- mauvais sujet,
- mean wretch,
- mucker,
- no-good,
- object of compassion,
- pauvre diable,
- pilgarlic,
- poor creature,
- poor devil,
- prey,
- rapscallion,
- rascal,
- rogue,
- rotter,
- sad case,
- sad sack,
- scalawag,
- scoundrel,
- scum,
- skid-row bum,
- skunk,
- snake,
- stiff,
- stinkard,
- stinker,
- sufferer,
- sundowner,
- swagman,
- toad,
- tramp,
- truant,
- vag,
- vagabond,
- vagrant,
- vaurien,
- victim,
- villain,
- wastrel,
- worm,
- worthless fellow