Wretch
[retʃ] or [rɛtʃ]
Definition
(v. t.) A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy.
(v. t.) One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.
Typed by Eugenia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Pilgarlic, pariah, outcast, troglodyte, miserable person, unhappy person.[2]. Miscreant, villain, knave, rogue, rascal, scoundrel, scapegrace, caitiff, ruffian.
Edited by Glenn
Definition
n. a most miserable person: one sunk in vice: a worthless person: body creature (in pity sometimes admiration).—adj. Wretch′ed very miserable: distressingly bad: despicable: worthless.—adv. Wretch′edly.—n. Wretch′edness.
Checker: Selma
Examples
- I am an impoverished wretch--the very gaberdine I wear is borrowed from Reuben of Tadcaster. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Perhaps if it was, your little mercenary wretch of a daughter wouldn't make so free with it! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And that wretch stands there, and tries to make me doubt that my mother, who was an angel on earth, is an angel in heaven now! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He's a pleasant wretch, but he wants principle. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Tremble, thou wretch, That hast within thee undivulged crimes Unwhipp'd of justice! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It seemed cruel to keep that pitiless inscription still staring from the walls after the unhappy wretch had been in his grave five hundred years. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You hated him, and yet you lived, replied Cedric; wretch! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- If I had presented a pistol at his head, this abandoned wretch could hardly have exhibited greater consternation. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Ah, poor wretch, when was your lip pressed before by such pure kisses? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I can't buy every poor wretch I see. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I thought (foolish wretch! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Oh, the wretch! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Ugh, you wretch! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I am the most mercenary little wretch that ever lived in the world. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But, for the girl's own sake, I must ask you at once whether SHE has provided herself with a sweetheart, poor wretch, like the rest of them? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Juries,' said Mr. Bumble, grasping his cane tightly, as was his wont when working into a passion: 'juries is ineddicated, vulgar, grovelling wretches. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- You are worse than Dancer, worse than Hopkins, worse than Blackberry Jones, worse than any of the wretches. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The air was filled with groans and clashing of arms--the floors were slippery with the blood of despairing and expiring wretches. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It isn't their fault (poor wretches! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- What are the restless wretches doing now? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- For years, ma'am, I was one of the most miserable little wretches ever seen. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Turn them wretches away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Tom's whole soul overflowed with compassion and sympathy for the poor wretches by whom he was surrounded. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Tiresome wretches! Jane Austen. Emma.
- The dreadful wretches that ma brings up at places to torment me, are not lovers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Let these wretches be removed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It's all the fault of you two wretches. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- For shame, noble Athelstane, said Cedric; forget such wretches in the career of glory which lies open before thee. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Two of the abominable wretches watched all last week at the greengrocer's opposite, and we could not get away until Sunday. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Those abject wretches--' 'Don't call names, Rokesmith,' said Mr Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typist: Malcolm