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n. - Someone you feel sorry for; Performs some wicked deed.

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Usage examples (35)
  • ‘None of your business, but yes, that poxy wretch is my father and no, she’s not.
  • Oh I'le hear no more, — I'le hear no more — why what a Blasphemous wretch is this!
  • The wretch was a murderer and a bad sport as well.
  • In those insolent terms the wretch wrote with bankruptcy and exposure hanging over his head.
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