WRETCH
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Wretch (?), n. [OE. wrecche, AS. wrecca, wræcca, an exile, a wretch, fr. wrecan to drive out, punish; properly, an exile, one driven out, akin to AS. wræc an exile, OS. wrekkio a stranger, OHG. reccheo an exile. See Wreak, v. t.]
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1. A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy. “The wretch that lies in woe.” Shak.
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Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son,
Wretch even then, life's journey just begun?
Cowper.
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2. One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.
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&hand_; Wretch is sometimes used by way of slight or ironical pity or contempt, and sometimes to express tenderness; as we say, poor thing. “Poor wretch was never frighted so.” Drayton.
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