wretch

အင်္ဂလိပ်

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• IPA: [ɹɛtʃ]

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wretch (အများကိန်း wretches)

1. ကံဆိုးသူ။ သနားကမားဖြစ်စရာကောင်းသူ။
   • 1742, Henry Fielding, chapter 12, in Joseph Andrews^[၁]:

     The poor wretch, who lay motionless a long time, just began to recover his senses as a stage-coach came by.

   • 1789, Watkin Tench, chapter 14, in The Expedition to Botany Bay^[၂]:

     The four unhappy wretches labouring under sentence of banishment were freed from their fetters, to rejoin their former society; and three days given as holidays to every convict in the colony.

2. (ဟာသနှော) ကောင်စုတ်။ ကောင်ယုတ်။ အယုတ်တမာ။
   • 1740, Samuel Richardson, chapter 71, in Pamela^[၃]:

     Swear to me but, thou bold wretch! said she, swear to me, that Pamela Andrews is really and truly thy lawful wife, without sham, without deceit, without double-meaning; and I know what I have to say!

   • 1823, Walter Scott, chapter 32, in Saint Ronan's Well^[၄]:

     I asked that selfish wretch, Winterblossom, to walk down with me to view her distress, and the heartless beast told me he was afraid of infection!