a. Obs. Forms: (see quots.). [Irreg. f. WRETCH sb. 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. Ibid., Rev. iii. 17. Thou art a wrecche, and wrechful [1388 wretcheful], and pore, and blynd, and nakid.
