wretch

Speech parts

1. wretch - Noun

2. wretch - Verb

Meaning

A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy.

One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.

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Examples

And now, O Lord, what remains to a wretch like me, but instead of defence, earnestly to supplicate you not to judge that fearful abandonment of your Word according to its deserts, from which in your wondrous goodness you have at last delivered me. Source: Internet

But, wretch, you are neither Rachel, nor Jacob, nor Abraham, nor God; you are just a mad fool, and the popes who forbade the reading of the Bible were extremely wise. citation Voltaire's opinion of the Christian Bible was mixed. Source: Internet

His figure was pleasing and majestic, but when angry, his eyes became so terrible that "the wretch on whom it was fixed instantly fell backwards and sometimes expired". Source: Internet

Phocas was captured and brought before Heraclius, who asked, "Is this how you have ruled, wretch?" Source: Internet

The second line, "That saved a wretch like me!" has been rewritten as "That saved and strengthened me", "save a soul like me", or "that saved and set me free". Source: Internet

When Heraclius captured Phocas, he asked him, "Is this how you have ruled, wretch?" Source: Internet

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