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wretch

[rech] / rɛtʃ /


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If Zabka weren’t so charming, we couldn’t have bought the proposition that an ignorant wretch like Johnny could be redeemable.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2025

This pathetic wretch longs to escape to Istanbul, where he can be around the worldly types he prefers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

She opposed what she described as a "Western perception that the African female is a downtrodden wretch".

From BBC • May 31, 2023

His Harry is in some ways the flip side of Smike, the poor mangled wretch he played in “The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” in the early 1980s.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2022

“Call yourself any names you like, but I am neither a rascal nor a wretch and I don’t choose to be called so.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott




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