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wretch

an unfortunate or unhappy person
Not to be confused with:
retch – to make efforts to vomit
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wretch

(rĕch)
n.
1. A miserable, unfortunate, or unhappy person.
2. A person regarded as base, mean, or despicable: "a stony adversary, an inhuman wretch" (Shakespeare).
[Middle English wrecche, from Old English wrecca, exiles, wretch.]
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wretch

(rɛtʃ)
n
1. a despicable person
2. a person pitied for his misfortune
[Old English wrecca; related to Old Saxon wrekkeo, Old High German reccheo (German Recke warrior), Old Norse rek(n)ingr]
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wretch

(rɛtʃ)

n.
1. a deplorably unfortunate or unhappy person.
2. a person of despicable or base character.
[before 900; Middle English wrecche, Old English wrecca miserable person, exile, c. Old Saxon wrekkio, Old High German reccheo]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
retch, wretch - Retch is the verb to vomit or gag; wretch is a noun for a pitiable person.
See also related terms for vomit.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. wretch - performs some wicked deed
miscreant, reprobate - a person without moral scruples
2. [画像:wretch - someone you feel sorry for]wretch - someone you feel sorry for
victim - an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
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wretch

noun
1. poor thing, unfortunate, poor soul, poor devil (informal), miserable creature Before the wretch had time to reply, he was shot.
2. scoundrel, rat (informal), shit (taboo slang), worm, bastard (offensive), villain, rogue, bugger (taboo slang), outcast, swine, rascal, son-of-a-bitch (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), asshole (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), profligate, turd (taboo slang), vagabond, ruffian, motherfucker (taboo slang, chiefly U.S.), cur, rotter (slang, chiefly Brit.), scumbag (slang), good-for-nothing, miscreant, bad egg (old-fashioned informal), blackguard, mother (taboo slang, chiefly U.S.), cocksucker (taboo slang), asswipe (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), wrong 'un (informal) I think he's a mean-minded, vindictive old wretch.
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wretch

noun
A person living under very unhappy circumstances:
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Translations
مَخْلوق بائِس، صُعْلوكوَغْد، دنيء
stakkelstymper
hitvány emberszerencsétlen alak
aumingi, óòokkivesalingur
nepasisekimasnetikusiai
bēdulisnabadziņšnelaimīgaisnelietis
köftehorsefil yaratıkzavallı kimse

wretch

[retʃ] N → desgraciado/a m/f, miserable mf
little wretch (often hum) → pícaro/a m/f, granuja mf
some poor wretch → algún desgraciado, algún pobre diablo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wretch

[ˈrɛtʃ] n
(= unfortunate person) → malheureux/euse m/f
poor wretch → pauvre malheureux/euse m/f
(often humorous) (= bad person) → misérable mf
little wretch! → petit(e) misérable!
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wretch

n
(miserable) → armer Teufel or Schlucker (inf)
(contemptible) → Wicht m, → Schuft m; (= nuisance) → Blödmann m (inf); (= child) → Schlingel m
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wretch

[rɛtʃ] n → disgraziato/a, sciagurato/a
little wretch! (often) (hum) → birbante!
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wretch

(retʃ) noun
1. a miserable, unhappy creature. The poor wretch! ellendeling مَخْلوق بائِس، صُعْلوك нещастник infeliz ubožák das Wesen stakkel φουκαράς desgraciado, miserable viletsake بدبخت؛ بیچاره ressukka malheureux/-euse אומלל अभागा jadnik, sirotan szerencsétlen alak makhluk menyedihkan vesalingur disgraziato, infelice みじめな人 비참한 환경에 있는 사람 nelaimėlis, vargšas nelaimīgais; nabadziņš; bēdulis si malang stakker stakkar nieszczęśnik بې وزلى، بدمرغه، سېپره، بدبخته: ټيټ، كم اصل infeliz nenorocit несчастный úbožiak nesrečnik nesrećnik stackare, sate, eländig varelse คนเคราะห์ร้าย zavallı kimse 不幸的人 бідолаха بد نصیب người bất hạnh 不幸的人
2. a name used in annoyance or anger. You wretch! skurk وَغْد، دنيء отрепка desgraçado! darebák der Schuft stymper παλιάνθρωπος ¡desgraciado! lurjus پست؛ منفور riiviö scélérat/-ate עלוב कमबख्त hulja, lopov hitvány ember brengsek aumingi, óþokki disgraziato 恥知らず 치사한 놈, 녀석 nenaudėlis nelaimīgais; nelietis si bedebah ellendeling din tufs!; usling! łajdak بدمرغه desgraçado! nemernic негодяй darebák lopov bednik usling, kräk คําที่ใช้เรียกคน / สิ่งของเวลาโกรธ köftehor, sefil yaratık (表示惱怒或憤怒)你這傢伙! негідник کم بخت ranh con (骂人话)你这坏东西!,你这无赖!,你这坏蛋!
wretched (ˈretʃid) adjective
1. very poor or miserable. They live in a wretched little house. ellendig بائِس، تَعيس мизерен miserável ubohý erbärmlich elendig άθλιος, δυστυχισμένος miserable armetu فلاکت بار kurja misérable אומלל अभागा jadan, bijedan nyomorult menyedihkan lélegur, ömurlegur misero みじめな 불행한 skurdus, varganas nožēlojams; trūcīgs malang ellendig elendig, ussel, jammerlig nędzny خواشيني، بې وزلى، غم زپلى، غم لړلى،خواشينوونكى، غمناك دكركې وړ: ټيټ miserável amărât никудышный úbohý beden jadan bedrövlig, eländig เคราะห์ร้าย sefil, perişan 骯臟的 нещасний, жалюгідний بد نصیب khốn khổ 肮脏的
2. used in annoyance. This wretched machine won't work! verrekte تَعِس، رَديء النَّوْع ужасен desgraçado mizerný elend forbandet φρικτός, καταραμένος maldito neetud لعنتی kirottu maudit מְזוּרגַג, מְזוּפָּת कमबख्त kukavan, nevaljan pocsék brengsek bölvaður maledetto ひどい 지독한, 고약한 niekam tikęs nelaimīgais bedebah ellendig forbannet wstrętny لعنتی desgraçado blestemat проклятый; несчастный mizerný, odporný presnet proklet förbaskad น่าเวทนา kör olası, Allahın cezası, pis 討厭的 нікчемний; кепський فرسودہ tử tiệt 讨厌的
ˈwretchedly adverb
ellendig بصورةٍ تَعيسَه أو بائِسَه мизерно miseravelmente bídně erbärmlich elendigt άθλια miserablemente armetult با فلاکت kurjasti misérablement בְּצוּרָה עֲלוּבָה बदकिस्मती से kukavno, nevaljalo szerencsétlenül, nyomorultan secara menyedihkan ömurlega; bölvanlega miseramente みじめに 불쌍하게 skurdžiai, netikusiai nožēlojami dgn malang ellendig elendig, jammerlig nędznie بې وزلى miseravelmente nefericit никудышно biedne bedno jadno bedrövligt, eländigt อย่างเคราะห์ร้าย sefil bir vaziyette 極糟地 кепсько غمگینی سے một cách khốn khổ 极糟地
ˈwretchedness noun
ellendigheid تَعاسَه، بُؤْس، شَقاء мизерия miséria ubohost die Erbärmlichkeit, das Elend elendighed αθλιότητα miseria armetus ذلت؛ فلاکت kurjuus misère אוּמלָלוּת कमबख्ती nesreća, jad, bijeda szerencsétlenség, boldogtalanság keadaan menyedihkan eymd miseria みじめさ 불쌍함 nepasisekimas nožēlojams stāvoklis kebedebahan ellendigheid elendighet, jammerlighet niedola, nikczemność خواشيني، بې وزلى، غم، پسخاك miséria nefericire негодность úbohosť bednost jadnost bedrövelse, elände ความเคราะห์ร้าย sefalet 可憐 нікчемність غمگینی tình trạng nghèo đói, tình trạng khốn khổ 可怜
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miserable wretches that we are, 'tis that name which has ruined us!
She took her feet in her hands, a gesture habitual with unhappy wretches who are cold, as we have already seen in the case of the recluse of the Tour-Roland, and her teeth chattered.
For my own part, if it was an honest man's child, indeed--but for my own part, it goes against me to touch these misbegotten wretches, whom I don't look upon as my fellow-creatures.
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The wickedness of those two wretches came to my poor dear husband's knowledge.
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I went so far with it in my imagination that I employed myself several days to find out proper places to put myself in ambuscade, as I said, to watch for them, and I went frequently to the place itself, which was now grown more familiar to me; but while my mind was thus filled with thoughts of revenge and a bloody putting twenty or thirty of them to the sword, as I may call it, the horror I had at the place, and at the signals of the barbarous wretches devouring one another, abetted my malice.
point of the island, I was perfectly confounded and amazed; nor is it possible for me to express the horror of my mind at seeing the shore spread with skulls, hands, feet, and other bones of human bodies; and particularly I observed a place where there had been a fire made, and a circle dug in the earth, like a cockpit, where I supposed the savage wretches had sat down to their human feastings upon the bodies of their fellow-creatures.
In this frame of thankfulness I went home to my castle, and began to be much easier now, as to the safety of my circumstances, than ever I was before: for I observed that these wretches never came to this island in search of what they could get; perhaps not seeking, not wanting, or not expecting anything here; and having often, no doubt, been up the covered, woody part of it without finding anything to their purpose.
As in my present condition there were not really many things which I wanted, so indeed I thought that the frights I had been in about these savage wretches, and the concern I had been in for my own preservation, had taken off the edge of my invention, for my own conveniences; and I had dropped a good design, which I had once bent my thoughts upon, and that was to try if I could not make some of my barley into malt, and then try to brew myself some beer.
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Dissolution of the Long Parliament by Oliver Cromwell given to the House of Commons, April 20, 1653: "It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonoured by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice; ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government; ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.
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