Wretch vs Hilding - What's the difference?
wretch | hilding |
An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
*{{quote-book
, year=1742
, author=Henry Fielding
, title=Joseph Andrews
, chapter=12
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, year=1789
, author=Watkin Tench
, title=The Expedition to Botany Bay
, chapter=14
An unpleasant, annoying person.
*{{quote-book
, year=1740
, author=Samuel Richardson
, title=Pamela
, chapter=71
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, year=1823
, author=Walter Scott
, title=Saint Ronan's Well
, chapter=32
(archaic) An exile. (rfex)
As nouns the difference between wretch and hilding
is that wretch is an unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person while hilding is a wretch, a contemptible person.wretch
English
Noun
(es)citation, passage=The poor wretch , who lay motionless a long time, just began to recover his senses as a stage-coach came by.}}
citation, passage=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.}}
citation, passage=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!}}
citation, passage=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!}}
