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Synonyms for wretch

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rech
Phonetic Transcription : rɛtʃ

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Définition of wretch

Origin :
  • Old English wrecca "wretch, stranger, exile," from Proto-Germanic *wrakjan (cf. Old Saxon wrekkio, Old High German reckeo "a banished person, exile," German recke "renowned warrior, hero"), related to Old English wreccan "to drive out, punish" (see wreak). Sense of "vile, despicable person" developed in Old English, reflecting the sorry state of the outcast, as presented in much of Anglo-Saxon verse (e.g. "The Wanderer"). Cf. German Elend "misery," from Old High German elilenti "sojourn in a foreign land, exile."
  • noun derelict
Example sentences :
  • Often he cursed himself as a wretch for paining that pure and noble heart.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • While my brother and sister Mr. Solmes'd him, and Sirr'd—yet such a wretch!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • As to that wretch's perseverance, those only, who know not the man, will wonder at it.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • "You may have known me as Ahmed Antoun," said the wretch, not dreaming of that slip he had made.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • I wonder not that the wretch is said to love you the better for it.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • What a wretch must I be, if, for one moment only, I could lend an ear to such a proposal as this!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I know that this wretch will, if he can, be his own judge, and mine too.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Wretch that I was to harbour that detestable idea for a moment!
  • Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
  • She was a wretch, and he this time thought himself for ever cured of his passion.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Scott Gholson was the only one of us who could give that wretch that title.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
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