Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wretch
Participle: wretched
Gerund: wretching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | wretch |
| you | wretch |
| he;she;it | wretches |
| we | wretch |
| you | wretch |
| they | wretch |
Perfect
| I | have wretched |
| you | have wretched |
| he;she;it | has wretched |
| we | have wretched |
| you | have wretched |
| they | have wretched |
Past
| I | wretched |
| you | wretched |
| he;she;it | wretched |
| we | wretched |
| you | wretched |
| they | wretched |
Pluperfect
| I | had wretched |
| you | had wretched |
| he;she;it | had wretched |
| we | had wretched |
| you | had wretched |
| they | had wretched |
Future
| I | will wretch |
| you | will wretch |
| he;she;it | will wretch |
| we | will wretch |
| you | will wretch |
| they | will wretch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wretched |
| you | will have wretched |
| he;she;it | will have wretched |
| we | will have wretched |
| you | will have wretched |
| they | will have wretched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wretch |
| you | wretch |
| he;she;it | wretch |
| we | wretch |
| you | wretch |
| they | wretch |
Perfect
| I | have wretched |
| you | have wretched |
| he;she;it | have wretched |
| we | have wretched |
| you | have wretched |
| they | have wretched |
Imperfect
| I | wretched |
| you | wretched |
| he;she;it | wretched |
| we | wretched |
| you | wretched |
| they | wretched |
Pluperfect
| I | had wretched |
| you | had wretched |
| he;she;it | had wretched |
| we | had wretched |
| you | had wretched |
| they | had wretched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wretch |
| you | would wretch |
| he;she;it | would wretch |
| we | would wretch |
| you | would wretch |
| they | would wretch |
Perfect
| I | would have wretched |
| you | would have wretched |
| he;she;it | would have wretched |
| we | would have wretched |
| you | would have wretched |
| they | would have wretched |
Imperative
| you | wretch |
| we | Let's wretch |
| you | wretch |
Verbs conjugated like 'wretch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'wretch'
dretch,
retch,
wrench,
areach,
breach,
breech,
cratch,
crotch,
crutch,
drench,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From confusion with the noun.
Sample Sentences
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[...] of enjoyment or light-heartedness. I never in my life did see such listless, heavy dulness as brooded over these meals: the very recollection of it weighs me down, and makes me, for the moment, wretched. Reading and writing on my knee, in our little cabin, I really dreaded the coming of the hour that summoned us to table; and was as glad to escape from it again, as if it had been a penance or a [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] rivers, at all inspiriting in its influence. The trees were stunted in their growth; the banks were low and flat; the settlements and log cabins fewer in number: their inhabitants more wan and wretched than any we had encountered yet. No songs of birds were in the air, no pleasant scents, no moving lights and shadows from swift passing clouds. Hour after hour, the changeless glare of the hot, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Well, of course, if you can look on the bright side, pray do; it's a mercy if people haven't sensitive feelings, in this world. I am sure I wish I didn't feel as I do; it only makes me completely wretched ! I wish I _could_ be as easy as the rest of you ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Stop me if you can! You wretch ! - Huh ? - Oh no ! He slapped him.
(Geethanjali Malli Vachindi)