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Definition
someone you feel sorry for
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a person of bad character
or:
a person of bad character
- Thus as he spoke, upon Thersites' neck And back came down his heavy staff; the wretch Shrank from the blow, and scalding tears let fall.1.2 — Volume 1 Book 2 (30% in)
- Poor wretch! though brave he be, yet Peleus' son Avail'd thee nought, when, hanging back himself, With sage advice he sent thee forth to fight: 'Come not to me, Patroclus, car-borne chief, Nor to the ships return, until thou bear The warrior-slayer Hector's bloody spoils, Torn from his body;' such were, I suppose, His counsels; thou, poor fool, becam'st his dupe."2.16 — Volume 2 Book 16 (94% in)
There are no more uses of "wretch" in The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Edward).
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