wretchnoun [ C ]
uk/retʃ/us/retʃ/wretch noun [ C ] (UNHAPPY PERSON)
a person who experiences something unpleasant:
a poor/miserable wretch
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People in general
- beggar
- bird
- body
- breed
- bugger
- coot
- creature
- devil
- landlubber
- man
- mankind
- number
- party
- peeps
- person
- quarter
- rogue
- sort
- soul
- stiff
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wretch noun [ C ] (BAD PERSON)
informal or humorous someone who is unpleasant or annoying:
Who trampled on my flowers? I bet it was those two little wretches who live next door.
You wretch! You promised you'd give me a lift.
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Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- intruder
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- roadman
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- twat
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
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