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# wretch

noun (wretches)

«wretch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A wretch is a bad or mean person, used as an insult or in anger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wretch/#m1)
2. A wretch can also be a poor, unhappy person who is to be pitied. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wretch/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, an angry word a hero or villain shouts at an enemy (old use)

### Examples

- "Wretch! You have killed my wife!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wretch/#x1)
- "Ah, wretch of a human being!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wretch/#x2)
- The poor wretch had no food or shelter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wretch/#x3)
- Nothing for maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wretch/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wretch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wretch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wretch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wretch.html) on Mova free.