noun
definition
An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
definition
An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person.
definition
An exile.
Examples of wretches in a Sentence
The Witch Hill used to be the place of execution of those poor wretches.
The tortures which some of these wretches will inflict upon themselves are almost incredible.
Have not the most cursed wretches been forced to cry out, Oh!
No, I 'd be quite content to see the wretches herded into re-education camps.
The gloomy dungeons are also populated by the ghosts of the wretches whose spare parts have been used to manufacture the monster.
No, I'd be quite content to see the wretches herded into re-education camps.
But these orders and reports were only on paper, nothing in them was acted upon for they could not be carried out, and though they entitled one another Majesties, Highnesses, or Cousins, they all felt that they were miserable wretches who had done much evil for which they had now to pay.
The uproar lasted near an hour; when I told the poor wretches that I shook off the dust of my feet against them.
Have not the most cursed wretches been forced to cry out, Oh !
Catherine of Russia, the friend of Voltaire and the benefactress of Diderot, sent her congratulations to the man who denounced French philosophers as miscreants and wretches.