All 8 Uses of
wretch
in
Gone with the Wind
- —'passion for living,' but being a poor-spirited wretch—"†
Chpt 1.6
- Of all the people in the world to turn up here, this terrible person who had witnessed that scene with Ashley which still gave her nightmares; this odious wretch who ruined girls and was not received by nice people; this despicable man who had said, and with good cause, that she was not a lady.†
Chpt 2.9
- You are a clever, black-hearted wretch, Rhett Butler, and you know very well this bonnet's too pretty to be refused.†
Chpt 2.13 *
- This was what that little wretch meant when he said he'd give me something to remember him by!†
Chpt 3.27
- He had almost seemed like a human being and not the perverse wretch she knew so well.†
Chpt 4.34
- What a perverse wretch he was, but how nice he could be at times!†
Chpt 4.36
- He was bad enough when he was a speculator during the war and making money out of our hunger but now that he is hand in glove with the Carpetbaggers and Scallawags and a friend—actually a friend of that odious wretch, Governor Bullock— Call, indeed!†
Chpt 5.49
- "Oh, Captain Butler, what a crafty wretch you are!" she cried, smiling.†
Chpt 5.57
Definition:
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(wretch) someone you feel sorry for
or:
a person of bad character