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Plural of wretch

regular plural

The plural of wretch is wretches.

Forms of wretch

Singularwretch /ɹɛt͡ʃ/
Pluralwretches
Countablecountable

Wretches in a sentence

  • Crusaders were kings, lords, wretches, children, women, weaponsmen, churchmen, hermits, harlots, adventurers.1974, Lauran Paine, Saladin; a man for all ages, page 13. From the entry weaponsman
  • Tell him, Byar, and bring him if you must arrest him and those filthy wretches who disgrace the Children.1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 31: Assurances”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN…. From the entry scrawny

Meaning of wretch

  1. noun An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
  2. noun An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person.
  3. noun An exile.

Full definition of wretch

Questions about the plural of wretch

What is the plural of wretch?
The plural of wretch is wretches.
Is wretch countable?
Wretch is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wretch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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