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Meanings of wretch in English

Someone you feel sorry for.

Synonyms
Examples for "poor devil"
Examples for "poor devil"
1
Sentiment; for I believe the poor devil was really fond of me.
The Voice in the Fog
2
The poor devil has reason to toss in his sleep and talk.
Then Marched the Brave
3
The Burgomaster was heartily glad to see the poor devil get it.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
4
I have just been to see a poor devil in quod there.
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
5
In the end I shook him off, poor devil, to his death.
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Usage of wretch in English
1
The unhappy wretch was no match for the finest swordsman in Graustark.
Beverly of Graustark
2
But the wretch has hurt you; your face is bruised and cut.
Carmen's Messenger
3
The poor wretch had crossed the road and given the hounds clew.
Heralds of Empire / Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieu...
4
The wretch had only the courage or the vanity of a fencer.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 11
5
The fingers of the unhappy wretch went out mechanically for the pen.
Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also t...
6
Her spirit went forth and spied the shuddering wretch in his cell.
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories:...
7
The frightened wretch pressed his hands together in an attitude of supplication.
Willis the Pilot : A Sequel to the Swiss Family Robinson / Or, A...
8
Must that poor wretch in the pillory stand out in the rain?
Lucky Pehr
9
The little wretch seemed in pain, and her hand was greatly swelled.
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
10
She wormed out of the besotted wretch the secrets of our Order.
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories:...
11
And they laughed, and shouted at the wit of the poor wretch.
The Pirate of the Mediterranean: A Tale of the Sea
12
All the people were jeering and mocking at the poor friendless wretch.
Catherine Booth — a Sketch
13
Somewhere above him in the jumble of bodies he heard Michael wretch.
The passage
14
It was, indeed, under no natural disease that the wretch was suffering.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01
15
The wretch clung to the parapet, and called on God and mercy.
Bohemian Days: Three American Tales
16
The object was to keep the wretch alive as long as possible.
Robert Browning: How to Know Him
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Wretch across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare