A miserable person; one profoundly unhappy. "The wretch that lies in woe." Shak. Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun Cowper.
One sunk in vice or degradation; a base, despicable person; a vile knave; as, a profligate wretch.
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