wretch

An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.

The poor wretch, who lay motionless a long time, just began to recover his senses as a stage-coach came by.

The four unhappy wretches labouring under sentence of banishment were freed from their fetters, to rejoin their former society; and three days given as holidays to every convict in the colony.

An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person.

Swear to me but, thou bold wretch! said she, swear to me, that Pamela Andrews is really and truly thy lawful wife, without sham, without deceit, without double-meaning; and I know what I have to say!

I asked that selfish wretch, Winterblossom, to walk down with me to view her distress, and the heartless beast told me he was afraid of infection!

An exile.

Misspelling of retch.