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wretch

–noun

1.	a deplorably unfortunate or unhappy person.

2.	a person of despicable or base character.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME wrecche, OE wrecca exile, adventurer; c. G Recke warrior, hero, ON rekkr man

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n.

A miserable, unfortunate, or unhappy person.
A person regarded as base, mean, or despicable: "a stony adversary, an inhuman wretch" (Shakespeare).

[Middle English wrecche, from Old English wrecca, exiles, wretch.]

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wretch

O.E. wrecca "wretch, stranger, exile," from P.Gmc. *wrakjan (cf. O.S. wrekkio, O.H.G. reckeo "a banished person, exile," Ger. recke "renowned warrior, hero"), related to O.E. wreccan "to drive out, punish" (see wreak). Sense of "vile, despicable person" developed in O.E., reflecting the sorry state of the outcast, as presented in much of Anglo-Saxon verse (e.g. "The Wanderer"). A Ger. word for "misery" is Elend, from O.H.G. elilenti "sojourn in a foreign land, exile."

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wretch
noun
1.	performs some wicked deed
2.	someone you feel sorry for [syn: poor devil]

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wretch1 [retʃ] noun

a miserable, unhappy creature
Example: The poor wretch!

Arabic:	مَخْلوق بائِس، صُعْلوك
Chinese (Simplified):	坏蛋
Chinese (Traditional):	不幸的人
Czech:	ubožák
Danish:	stakkel
Dutch:	stakker
Estonian:	viletsake
Finnish:	raukka
French:	malheureux, *-euse
German:	das Wesen
Greek:	φουκαράς
Hungarian:	szerencsétlen alak
Icelandic:	vesalingur
Indonesian:	makhluk menyedihkan
Italian:	disgraziato, infelice

Japanese:	みじめな人
Korean:	불행한 사람, 가엾은 사람
Latvian:	nelaimīgais; nabadziņš; bēdulis
Lithuanian:	nelaimėlis, vargšas
Norwegian:	stakkar
Polish:	nieszczęśnik
Portuguese (Brazil):	desgraçado
Portuguese (Portugal):	infeliz
Romanian:	nenorocit
Russian:	несчастный
Slovak:	úbožiak
Slovenian:	nesrečnik
Spanish:	desgraciado, miserable
Swedish:	stackare, sate, eländig varelse
Turkish:	zavallı kimse

wretch2 [retʃ] noun

a name used in annoyance or anger
Example: You wretch!

Arabic:	وَغْد، دنيء
Chinese (Simplified):	（骂人话）你这坏东西
Chinese (Traditional):	(罵人話)你這壞東西
Czech:	darebák
Danish:	stymper
Dutch:	ellendeling
Estonian:	lurjus
Finnish:	ryökäle
French:	scélérat, *-ate
German:	der Schuft
Greek:	παλιάνθρωπος
Hungarian:	hitvány ember
Icelandic:	aumingi, óþokki
Indonesian:	brengsek
Italian:	disgraziato

Japanese:	恥知らず
Korean:	이 자식아!
Latvian:	nelaimīgais; nelietis
Lithuanian:	nenaudėlis
Norwegian:	din tufs!; usling!
Polish:	łajdak
Portuguese (Brazil):	desgraçado
Portuguese (Portugal):	desgraçado!
Romanian:	nemernic
Russian:	негодяй
Slovak:	darebák
Slovenian:	lopov
Spanish:	¡desgraciado!
Swedish:	usling, kräk
Turkish:	köftehor, sefil yaratık

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