poor wretch

Synonyms

poor devil

Examples

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me. Franz Schubert

Not the swart Pariah in some Indian grove, Lone, lean, and hunted by his brother's hate, Hath drunk so deep the cup of bitter fate As that poor wretch who cannot, cannot love: He bears a load which nothing can remove, A killing, withering weight. Percy Bysshe Shelley

A poor wretch will readily believe whatever suits him. Ludovico Ariosto

Words in the phrase

poor wretch

Close letter words and terms

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