† wretchful, a. Obs.
Forms: (see quots.).
[Irreg. f. wretch n. and a. + -ful. Cf. wretchedful a.]
Wretched; miserable; unhappy.
| 1382 Wyclif Eccl. v. 15 Wreccheful forsothe infirmyte; what maner he cam, so he shal turne aȝeen. ― Rev. iii. 17 Thou art a wrecche, and wrechful [1388 wretcheful], and pore, and blynd, and nakid. |