wretchful

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wretchful

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From Middle English wreccheful; equivalent to wretch + -ful.

adjective more wretchful · most wretchful

Wretched. 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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"wretchful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wretchful. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{wretchful_2026,
  title = {wretchful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wretchful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}