noun
definition
An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
definition
An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person.
definition
An exile.
Examples of wretch in a Sentence
The old wretch had torn and dirty clothes.
The kind little boy shared his lunch with the wretch.
Help her. Don't be such a wretch!
He had lost his fortune and become a wretch.
The poor child was a wretch in torn clothes.
How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me!
An appeal to perishing sinners to trust in Christ is like calling on a drowning wretch to climb the embankment wall.
Had the ship passed one quarter of an hour sooner, I had died there a wretch as I lived.
A gentleman said that a week ago he was the vilest wretch in the county, but now saved.
Have a care of her, she is too good by far for a poor wretch like me.
He played the spy upon us, and surprised us together in bed, base wretch.
This infernal sentence was actually carried out, and, life still lingering, the half-roasted carcass of the unhappy wretch, who endured everything with invincible heroism, was finally devoured by half-a-dozen of his fellow-rehels, who by way of preparation had been starved for a whole week beforehand.
I am an unhappy wretch, and it is all his fault, for he ought to have known his own condition.
Ungrateful wretch that I am, I kinda missed the walloping torque of my Fabia vRS.
How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me !
Why do n't you go away you little ignorant wretch?
Surely if it be blessed with even a fraction of the goodness and kindness of its father, the child deserves all the blessings of life; far more than might be offered by this wretch of a woman God may deem to mother it into the world.
I gave the poor wretch the wherewithal to bury his daughter and to leave England.
One is lucky when the insolence of a wretch like this only shews itself in the guise of jesting.
Oh, was there in all the world a more miserable wretch than he!
He called himself unhappy wretch at being suspected of treason toward a man for whom he would have given his life.
Oh, unfortunate wretch that I am, now I must change whether I will or no!
Oh, unfortunate wretch that I am, now I must change whether I will or no !
I am the most favored wretch among mortals!
Why don't you go away you little ignorant wretch?
The bully was a wretch because he was so cruel.
And he's a scoundrel, a wretch-- that's a fact!