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Webster 1913 Edition


Wretchful

Wretch′ful

,
Adj.
Wretched.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.

Definition 2024


wretchful

wretchful

English

Adjective

wretchful (comparative more wretchful, superlative most wretchful)

  1. (archaic) wretched
    • 2012, Rudolph Altrocchi, PhD; Edited by Paul and John Altrocchi, The Playful Spirit: Italian Humor - Page 130:
      The wretch had the pernicious habit of writing in Milanese dialect. He was doubly wretchful when he took the liberty of giving birth to parodies of the Divine Comedy.
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