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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.]
     1. A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy. ``The wretch
        that lies in woe.'' --Shak.
  
              Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch
              even then, life's journey just begun? --Cowper.
  
     2. One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable
        person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  wretch
       n 1: performs some wicked deed
       2: someone you feel sorry for [syn: poor devil]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wretch
     n.
     An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
     vb.
     (misspelling of en retch)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  wretch
     n.
     An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
     vb.
     (misspelling of en retch)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  wretch
     n.
     An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
     vb.
     (misspelling of en retch)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  wretch
     n.
     An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
     vb.
     (misspelling of en retch)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wretch
     Englanti n.
     1 surkimus, onneton
     2 ryökäle, hyypiö
     Englanti vb.
     ''yleinen'' (virh-kirj en retch)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wretch
     Engelska n.
     stackare

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Wretch /ɹˈɛtʃ/
  البائس

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  wretch //ɹɛt͡ʃ// 
  клетник, нещастник
  unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person