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   wretch

   /rɛtʃ/

   noun

   • 1. an unfortunate or unhappy person: "can the poor wretch's corpse tell us anything?" Similar poor creaturepoor soulpoor thingmiserable creaturesad caseunfortunatepoor unfortunateinformal:poor devilpoor beggarpoor bastardpoor bunnyvulgar slang:sodbugger
   • ▪ a despicable or contemptible person: "ungrateful wretches" Similar scoundrelvillainruffianroguerascalreprobatecriminaldelinquentgood-for-nothingcadinformal:heelcreepjerklouseratpigskunkhoundweaseltoadsnakesnake in the grasslowlifescumbagbad eggstinkernasty piece of workson of a bitchSOBscroteblighterbad lotsleeveenspalpeenrat finkvarmintderogatory:bastarddogdirty dogderogatory, informal:swineinformal, dated:rotterboundervulgar slang:shitbuggerarchaic:blackguardmiscreantknavedastardvarletwastrelrapscallionwhoreson

   Word Origin Old Englishwrecca (also in the sense ‘banished person’), of West Germanic origin; related to German Recke ‘warrior, hero’, also to the verb wreak.

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