1. a person who is very unhappy or unfortunate
2. a person who is despicable or contemptible

Examples

• The poor wretch had lost everything in the fire.
• She felt like a wretch after failing the important exam.
• The homeless wretch begged for food on the street corner.
• That wretch cheated his own family out of their inheritance.
• Don’t be such a wretch – apologize for what you did.
• The novel’s protagonist was a miserable wretch who found redemption.
• He called himself a wretch for forgetting his mother’s birthday.