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wretch

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noun
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As a noun, wretch means an unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.

Meanings of wretch

5 meanings

noun

  1. An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.

  2. An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person.

  3. Performs some wicked deedperson

  4. Someone you feel sorry forperson

    Similar: poor devil
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. archaicAn exile.

verb

Misspelling of retch.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: someone you feel sorry for
poor devil

Words that rhyme with wretch

fetchstretchsketchetchketchkvetchoutstretch

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