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单词 wretch
释义

wretch

/rɛtʃ /
noun
1An unfortunate or unhappy person: can the poor wretch’s corpse tell us anything?...
  • I asked Miss D' Lish to send us a little info to help out those unfortunate wretches who might not be familiar with her life and work.
  • How I pity the unhappy wretches who are doomed to dwell in such a place!
  • Will your readers kindly give just one moment's thought in comparing with their own, who are well fed, clothed, housed and cared for, the poor wretches I have described?

Synonyms

poor creature, poor soul, poor thing, miserable creature, sad case, unfortunate, poor unfortunate
informal poor devil, poor beggar, poor bastard, poor bunny
British vulgar slang sod, bugger
1.1 informal A despicable or contemptible person: ungrateful wretches...
  • And I imagine that you hold yourself above those despicable wretches?
  • Except that this time we know he's not an ungrateful wretch; he's just a little happier than when we met him, and so are we.
  • My hits did go up to about 200 since yesterday so why am I being an ungrateful wretch?

Synonyms

scoundrel, villain, ruffian, rogue, rascal, reprobate, criminal, delinquent, good-for-nothing, cad
informal heel, creep, jerk, louse, rat, swine, pig, skunk, dog, hound, weasel, toad, snake, snake in the grass, lowlife, scumbag, bad egg, stinker, bad lot, nasty piece of work
British informal scrote
Irish informal sleeveen, spalpeen
North American informal rat fink, varmint
informal, dated rotter, bounder, blighter
vulgar slang shit, bugger, bastard, son of a bitch, s.o.b.
archaic blackguard, miscreant, knave, dastard, varlet, wastrel, rapscallion, whoreson

Origin

Old English wrecca (also in the sense 'banished person'), of West Germanic origin; related to German Recke 'warrior, hero', also to the verb wreak.

Rhymes

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