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wretch
(encz) | wretch,dareba n: Zdeněk Brož |
wretch
(encz) | wretch,chudák n: Zdeněk Brož |
wretch
(encz) | wretch,mizera n: |
wretch
(encz) | wretch,nešťastník n: Zdeněk Brož |
wretch
(encz) | wretch,ubožák n: Zdeněk Brož |
Wretch
(gcide) | Wretch \Wretch\, n. [OE. wrecche, AS. wrecca, wr[ae]cca, an
exile, a wretch, fr. wrecan to drive out, punish; properly,
an exile, one driven out, akin to AS. wr[ae]c an exile, OS.
wrekkio a stranger, OHG. reccheo an exile. See Wreak, v.
t.]
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1. A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy. "The wretch
that lies in woe." --Shak.
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Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son,
Wretch even then, life's journey just begun?
--Cowper.
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2. One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable
person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.
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Note: Wretch is sometimes used by way of slight or ironical
pity or contempt, and sometimes to express tenderness;
as we say, poor thing. "Poor wretch was never frighted
so." --Drayton.
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wretch
(wn) | wretch
n 1: performs some wicked deed
2: someone you feel sorry for [syn: poor devil, wretch] |
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wretched
(mass) | wretched
- biedny |
wretchedly
(mass) | wretchedly
- strašne |
poor wretch
(encz) | poor wretch,nebožák Zdeněk Brož |
thankless wretch
(encz) | thankless wretch, n: |
wretch
(encz) | wretch,dareba n: Zdeněk Brožwretch,chudák n: Zdeněk Brožwretch,mizera n: wretch,nešťastník n: Zdeněk Brožwretch,ubožák n: Zdeněk Brož |
wretched
(encz) | wretched,bídný adj: Zdeněk Brožwretched,ubohý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
wretchedly
(encz) | wretchedly,strašně adv: Zdeněk Brožwretchedly,zoufale adv: Zdeněk Brož |
wretchedness
(encz) | wretchedness,bída n: Zdeněk Brožwretchedness,strádání n: Zdeněk Brož |
wretches
(encz) | wretches, |
Wretched
(gcide) | Wretched \Wretch"ed\, a.
1. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep
affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief;
calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. "To what wretched
state reserved!" --Milton.
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O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind
Than to the wretched mortals left behind. --Waller.
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Wretchedly
(gcide) | Wretchedly \Wretch"ed*ly\, adv.
In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable.
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Wretchedness
(gcide) | Wretchedness \Wretch"ed*ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
--Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.]
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Eat worms and such wretchedness. --Chaucer.
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Wretchful
(gcide) | Wretchful \Wretch"ful\, a.
Wretched. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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Wretchless
(gcide) | Wretchless \Wretch"less\, a. [See Reckless.]
Reckless; hence, disregarded. [Obs.] -- Wretch"less*ly,
adv. [Obs.] -- Wretch"less*ness, n. [Obs.] --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
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Your deaf ears should listen
Unto the wretchless clamors of the poor. --J. Webster.
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Wretchlessly
(gcide) | Wretchless \Wretch"less\, a. [See Reckless.]
Reckless; hence, disregarded. [Obs.] -- Wretch"less*ly,
adv. [Obs.] -- Wretch"less*ness, n. [Obs.] --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
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Your deaf ears should listen
Unto the wretchless clamors of the poor. --J. Webster.
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Wretchlessness
(gcide) | Wretchless \Wretch"less\, a. [See Reckless.]
Reckless; hence, disregarded. [Obs.] -- Wretch"less*ly,
adv. [Obs.] -- Wretch"less*ness, n. [Obs.] --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
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Your deaf ears should listen
Unto the wretchless clamors of the poor. --J. Webster.
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thankless wretch
(wn) | thankless wretch
n 1: a person who shows no gratitude [syn: ingrate, {thankless
wretch}, ungrateful person] |
wretch
(wn) | wretch
n 1: performs some wicked deed
2: someone you feel sorry for [syn: poor devil, wretch] |
wretched
(wn) | wretched
adj 1: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable,
execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched]
2: characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend";
"spent a wretched night on the floor" [syn: miserable,
wretched]
3: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and
miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity";
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [syn:
miserable, suffering, wretched]
4: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as
murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery
appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" [syn: despicable,
ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched]
5: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable
victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as
extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for
help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh,
you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched
life" [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate,
pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor,
wretched] |
wretchedly
(wn) | wretchedly
adv 1: in a wretched manner; "`I can't remember who I am,' I
said, wretchedly" |
wretchedness
(wn) | wretchedness
n 1: a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the
misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
[syn: misery, wretchedness, miserableness]
2: the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant; "the
wretchedness for which these prisons became known"; "the grey
wretchedness of the rain"
3: the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; "he has
compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness" |
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