"wretch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɛt͡ʃ/ Audio: en-us-wretch.ogg Forms: wretches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtʃ Etymology: From Middle English wrecche, from Old English wreċċa (“exile, outcast”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, fugitive, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to track, follow”). Doublet of garçon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wrecche}} Middle English wrecche, {{inh|en|ang|wreċċa|t=exile, outcast}} Old English wreċċa (“exile, outcast”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wrakjô|t=exile, fugitive, warrior}} Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, fugitive, warrior”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wreg-|t=to track, follow}} Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to track, follow”), {{doublet|en|garçon}} Doublet of garçon Head templates: {{en-noun}} wretch (plural wretches)
  1. An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person. Translations (unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person): τάλας (tálas) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), τάλαινα (tálaina) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), клетник (kletnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), нещастник (neštastnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 可怜虫 (kěliánchóng) (Chinese Mandarin), ubožák [masculine] (Czech), wrak [neuter] (Dutch), ellendeling [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), U2:ir-A-r:T12-nDs:A1 (mꜣr) (Egyptian), bedaŭrindulo (Esperanto), ressukka (Finnish), raasu (Finnish), poloinen (Finnish), malheureux [masculine] (French), malheureuse [feminine] (French), misérable [feminine, masculine] (French), coitado (Galician), Loser [masculine] (German), Tropf [masculine] (German), armer Schlucker [masculine] (German), armer Teufel [masculine] (German), armes Schwein [neuter] (German), armseliger Wicht [masculine] (German), orang malang (Indonesian), orang celaka (Indonesian), bedebah (Indonesian), raiska (Ingrian), aimléis [feminine] (Irish), aimleoir [masculine] (Irish), anacróir [masculine] (Irish), cnápach [masculine] (Irish), cráiteachán [masculine] (Irish), donán [masculine] (Irish), donóg [feminine] (Irish), eiseamláir [feminine] (Irish), fuad [masculine] (Irish), fuaice [masculine] (Irish), fualán [masculine] (Irish), raispín [masculine] (Irish), rama [masculine] (Irish), sianaí [masculine] (Irish), tráill [feminine] (Irish), troch [masculine] (Irish), trua [feminine] (Irish), truaill [feminine] (Irish), truailleachán [masculine] (Irish), truán [masculine] (Irish), truanairt [feminine] (Irish), miserabile (Italian), iellato [masculine] (Italian), omuncolo [masculine] (Italian), straccio [masculine] (Italian), tapino [masculine] (Italian), бедник (bednik) [masculine] (Macedonian), несреќник (nesreḱnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), клетник (kletnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), јадник (jadnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), biedak [masculine] (Polish), miserável [masculine] (Portuguese), desgraçado [masculine] (Portuguese), coitado [masculine] (Portuguese), nenorocit (Romanian), nefericit (Romanian), бедня́га (bednjága) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), бедня́жка (bednjážka) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), desgraciado [masculine] (Spanish), desventurado [masculine] (Spanish), desgraciada [feminine] (Spanish), desventurada [feminine] (Spanish), stackare [neuter] (Swedish)
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  2. An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person. Translations (unpleasant, annoying person): 坏蛋 (huàidàn) (Chinese Mandarin), ničema [masculine] (Czech), elender Wicht [masculine] (German), никаквец (nikakvec) [masculine] (Macedonian), подлец (podlec) [masculine] (Macedonian), usling [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. (archaic) An exile. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): People
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Derived forms: wretched
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} wretch
  1. Misspelling of retch. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: retch
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Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The four unhappy wretches labouring under sentence of banishment were freed from their fetters, to rejoin their former society; and three days given as holidays to every convict in the colony.",
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          "text": "I asked that selfish wretch, Winterblossom, to walk down with me to view her distress, and the heartless beast told me he was afraid of infection!",
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          "text": "[…]Alaeddin ate and drank and was cheered and after he had rested and had recovered spirits he cried, \"Ah, O my mother, I have a sore grievance against thee for leaving me to that accursed wight who strave to compass my destruction and designed to take my life. Know that I beheld Death with mine own eyes at the hand of this damned wretch, whom thou didst certify to be my uncle;[…]",
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          "text": "How I cursed my selfishness and the folly that had kept me lingering by Ayesha's side while my dear boy lay dying! Alas and alas! how easily the best of us are lighted down to evil by the gleam of a woman's eyes! What a wicked wretch was I!",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huàidàn",
      "sense": "unpleasant, annoying person",
      "word": "坏蛋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unpleasant, annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ničema"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unpleasant, annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "elender Wicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nikakvec",
      "sense": "unpleasant, annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "никаквец"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "podlec",
      "sense": "unpleasant, annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подлец"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unpleasant, annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "usling"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wretch"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English misspellings",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "retch"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English misspellings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misspelling of retch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "retch",
          "retch#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "misspelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wretch"
}

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