Definition of wretch Wretch

wretch

We found 8 definitions of wretch from 5 different sources.

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What does wretch mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: wretches

wretch - performs some wicked deed
wretch - someone you feel sorry for
  poor devil
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • wretch (v. t.)
    A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy.
  • wretch (v. t.)
    One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

  • wretch
    He who maketh others wretched is himself a wretch, whether prince or peasant.

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