Reverse Dictionary: WRETCH

ADJECTIVES
..825 ► HEAN → HENE mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial → obs.
1175 ► UNISELI unhappy, wretched → obs.
1205 ► UNISELE unhappy, wretched → obs.
1205 ► WANLICHE miserable, wretched → obs.
1290 ► MISEASY miserable; wretched; uneasy; uncomfortable → obs.
1300 ► CAITIFF vile, base, mean, basely wicked; worthless, miserable, wretched
1300 ► SIMPLE poor, wretched, pitiful, dismal → obs.
1325 ► BALEFUL unhappy, wretched, miserable; distressed, sorrowful, mournful → arch.
1386 ► LOUSY mean, wretched, contemptible
1386 ► MISHAPPY unhappy, miserable, sad, wretched → obs.
1430 ► VENGEABLE miserable, wretched → obs.
1471 ► MALEUROUS unhappy, unfortunate, wretched → obs.
1580 ► DOG-BOLT wretched, miserable, mean, base, degraded, contemptible → obs.
1581 ► HILDING cowardly, spiritless, base, menial, mean, wretched → arch.
1585 ► RASCAL wretched, mean → obs.
1606 ► RASCALLY wretched, miserable, mean
1608 ► UNBLESTFUL unfortunate, wretched, miserable, suffering misfortune → obs.
1770 ► DAMN cursed, wretched
1780 ► DARN wretched, nasty; silly
1780 ► DARNED wretched, nasty; silly
1780 ► DARNFOOL wretched, nasty; silly; stupid and irritating
1780 ► DERN → DURN damn; wretched, nasty; silly → euphemism
1780 ► DURNED wretched, nasty; silly
1845 ► UNHEARTY disheartened; cheerless; wretched, sad → Sc.
1867 ► RATTY wretched or in poor condition; nasty; mean; shabby, scruffy, or ragged → colloq.
1870 ► DANGED damned; wretched; nasty; accursed → Amer. euphemism
20C.. ► DOG-ASS wretched; inferior; pitiable → Amer. sl.
20C.. ► DOG-ASSED wretched; inferior; pitiable → Amer. sl.
1900 ► DAUNY → DAWNEY → DAWNY → DONNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly; weakly; delicate, in poor health  → Irish usage (Bk.)
1900 ► MISERLY wretched, mean, shabby → Sc. obs.
1903 ► SNIDDY contemptible, bad, wretched → sl. (Bk.)
1919 ► HAMMERED-DOWN stunted; short; wretched; worthless; insignificant → Amer. dial.
1942 ► SEEDY wretched, miserable → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TINPOT wretched, miserable → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TINPOTTY wretched, miserable → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1990 ► FACOCKTA accursed; wretched → Amer. sl.
1999 ► LOUSY AS A BANDICOOT mean, wretched → Aust. sl. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
1205 ► UNISELICHE unhappily, wretchedly → obs.
1393 ► CAITIFLY wretchedly, miserably → obs.
1862 ► FECKLESSLY feebly, ineffectually; wretchedly

NOUNS
1300 ► CAITIFTY wretchedness, misery → obs.
1340 ► CAITIFHEDE wretchedness, misery → obs.
1393 ► CAITIFNESS wretchedness, misery → obs.
1460 ► CAITIFDOM wretchedness, misery → obs.
1528 ► A DOG’S LIFE a wretched existence
1846 ► THE GUTTER a wretched and lowly venue → Amer. sl.
1949 ► SHITHOUSE a wretched place → sl.
1966 ► SHITBOX a wretched place; a dirty or dilapidated dwelling; a remote, downtrodden, or unpleasant city, town, etc. → sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1325 ► BROLL a child, offspring; contemptuously, a brat, a little wretch → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1325 ► CAITIFF a wretched, miserable person; a poor wretch; one in a piteous case → obs.
1330 ► DOG a worthless or contemptible person; a wretch
1386 ► HAINE → HAYNE → HEYNE a term of reproach; a mean wretch, a niggard → obs.
1440 ► BRETHEL a worthless fellow; a good-for-nothing wretch; a miserable wretch → obs.
1440 ► SAUNTRELL  a term of contempt; a babbler; a wretch → obs.
1440 ► SAUTEREL → SAUTERELL a wretch: a term of abuse; a hypocrite; one pretending sanctity → obs.
1465 ► DOG-BOLT a term of contempt or reproach applied to a person; a contemptible fellow; a mean wretch or villain → obs.
1513 ► WARNOUR a miser, a wretch, a niggard → Sc. obs.
1575 ► CULLION a term of great contempt; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a bad fellow; a mean wretch; a scoundrel, a rascal → obs.
1594 ► EARTHWORM a mean or grovelling or servile person; a covetous, grasping person; a miser; a sordid wretch
1595 ► SCROYLE a mean fellow; a rascal, a scoundrel, a wretch; a term of contempt → obs.
1596 ► NIDDERING a base coward or wretch
1599 ► RAKESHAME a man of loose character; a base, rascally fellow; a lewd, debauched fellow; a vile, dissolute wretch; an uncouth and wicked boy
1601 ► CHITTY-FACE a term of reproach or contempt; a pitiful, wretched, sneaking fellow → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1601 ► HILDING a contemptible, worthless person; a mean, base, cowardly fellow; a wretch → arch.
1611 ► BEZONIAN a term of contempt: a needy beggar; a poor wretch; a base fellow; a mean, low person; a knave;  a rascal; a scoundrel → obs.
1616 ► SLUBBERDEGULLION a dirty, mean fellow; a worthless, slovenly fellow; a base, foul, nasty wretch
1622 ► RASCABILIAN a worthless wretch; a rascal → obs.
1649 ► RASCALLION a low, mean or worthless wretch or rascal; a rogue, a knave
1699 ► RABSCALLION → RAPSCALLION a worthless wretch; a rascal, a rogue, a scamp; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond; a ne’er-do-well
1711 ► TOM DINGLE a poor, wretched fellow
1733 ► RAMSCALLION an offensively dirty person; a vagrant of low, rude, worthless habits; a mean wretched fellow → chiefly N. Eng. dial.
1754 ► WALLIDRAG → WALLYDRAG a worthless person, a wretch, a wastrel, a good-for-nothing; a slovenly, untidy, dishevelled person → Sc. 
1754 ► WALLIDRAGGLE → WALLYDRAGGLE a worthless person, a wretch, a wastrel, a good-for-nothing; a slovenly, untidy, dishevelled person → Sc. 
1790 ► SCRAPE-ALL a miserable wretch or griping fellow; a miser → obs.
19C.. ► CALDERA a wretched-looking person; a spiritless person; a coward → Ireland
1820 ► MISER a wretch, a miserable person → Sc. obs.
1824 ► REEPAN a very lean person or animal; a low wretch → Sc. obs.
1825 ► GULLION a contemptible and mean wretch; a soft, worthless fellow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1848 ► ASPERSEAND a term of abuse; a wretch → Ireland
1866 ► RAMSCULLION an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne’er-do-well → Sc. obs.
1869 ► GUTTERPUP a vulgar person; a vile wretch; a person of the gutter; a bum → US sl.
1869 ► GUTTERSNIPE a vulgar person; a vile wretch → Amer. sl.
1880 ► MORTLING a poor wretched person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1885 ► SCHLEMOZZLE → SHLEMOZZLE a luckless, accident-prone wretch → Brit. sl.
1890 ► FUCKER a person, esp. a man, who is despicable, wretched, formidable, or contemptible → sl.
1892 ► VRATCH a wretch → Sc.
1893 ► NANNY PINCH-POT a penurious person; a covetous, miserable wretch → Eng. dial.
1898 ► BEING a wretched or unfortunate person → N. Ireland (Bk.)
20C.. ► DONDER a wretch → S. Afr. sl.
20C.. ► JOE ERK a fool; an oaf; a jerk; a wretched man → World Wars rhyming sl. for ‘jerk’ and ‘berk’
20C.. ► JOE HUNT a fool; an oaf; a jerk; a wretched man → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘cunt’
E20.. ► SNIDE a wretched man; a hateful fellow; a contemptible person; an informer: a two-faced, underhand person; someone who isn’t what he seems; a phony; a mean, dishonest person → sl.
1903 ► REPTILE a degraded wretch; a baseling → sl. (Bk.)
1903 ► SNIRP a contemptible undersized wretch → sl. (Bk.)
1905 ► RAGGARD a wicked and abandoned wretch; a rough and ragged vagabond → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► RAGGELT a person of low character; a wicked and abandoned wretch → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1920 ► PALLION → PULLION a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman; a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person; a wretch, a scold → Sc. 
1929 ► BILGE RAT a wretch; a lowlife → US nautical sl.
1953 ► FRIGGER a person, esp. a man, who is despicable, wretched, formidable, etc. → US sl.
2006 ► DOUCHE BAG a wretched and disgusting person → US sl., derogatory (Bk.)
2006 ► FART HOLE a wretched and worthless person → US sl., derogatory (Bk.)

PHRASES
20C.. ► IT’S A DOG’S LIFE said of an unpleasant situation or of one’s whole wretched existence → sl.