wretch
/rɛtʃ/
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American sound/rɛtʃ/
wretch
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Myanmar meaning
ကံမကောင်းသော ၊ သနားစရာကောင်းသော လူပုဂ္ဂိုလ်။ အပြစ်တင်ခံထိုက်သောသူ။
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- ‘After all, we get only occasional glimpses of helpless wretches living in slums, or in places far removed from our wonderful clean, green environment.’
- ‘The poor wretch had no idea what he was getting into.’
- ‘It was, evidently, some poor penniless wretch trying to keep from freezing to death on the coldest day of the year.’
- ‘How I pity the unhappy wretches who are doomed to dwell in such a place!’
- ‘Poor wretch, the officers tell me that he was caught robbing a loaf of bread from the basket of a wealthy Lady who had bought it.’
- ‘You will agree, sir, that these wretches behaved like men whose nephews and grand-nephews were condemned in perpetuity to remain as poor as their ancestors.’
- ‘For those poor wretches, many of whom are innocent of the charges they face, but who cannot afford big-name attorneys, they stew in prison and suffer in court.’
- ‘His picture of writers as frustrated, unpraised, unrewarded wretches, pitied at parties and whispered about among families, drew laughter and wry nods.’
- ‘Will your readers kindly give just one moment's thought in comparing with their own, who are well fed, clothed, housed and cared for, the poor wretches I have described?’
- ‘If the writers win, the publishers fear they'll be vulnerable to lawsuits by ink-stained wretches and so will be forced to excise freelance articles from their databases.’
- ‘The latter, poor wretches, are willing and ready to work in sweatshop conditions for $1 an hour, if that.’
- ‘The poor wretch working the steady cam must have been exhausted.’
- ‘I plan to see The Prisoner of Azkaban on Thursday, and even though that's a school day (in this state, anyway), I just know the cinema will be packed with mewling wretches anyway.’
- ‘The economy is heavily dependent on massive production of cotton, the revenue from which brings almost no economic benefit to the wretches who pick it in conditions of serfdom.’
- ‘He watched the poor wretch the commanding officer was lecturing, and looked on him with little pity.’
- ‘But the tearful lover, turned away from her door, often smothers the threshold with flowers and garlands, and anoints the proud doorposts with marjoram, and plants kisses, poor wretch, on the door.’
- ‘I hope someone turns the wretches in to the police.’
- ‘It may be just a smear to you, mate, but it's life and death to some poor wretch.’
- ‘I asked Miss D' Lish to send us a little info to help out those unfortunate wretches who might not be familiar with her life and work.’
- ‘But then, we realize that if we do not help this poor wretch, it is going to turn out that, when we need help
Synonyms
beggar, bezonian, blackguard, brute, bum, caitiff, cullion, derelict, dog, horror, imp, ingrate, knave, languisher, liar, libertine, looser, lowlife, miscreant, outcast, pariah, pauper, pilgarlic, poltroon, poor thing, rake, rapscallion, rascal, renegade, reprobate, rogue, ronion, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, scullion, scum, snake, sufferer, unfortunate, vagabond, varlet, victim, villain, worm
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