- What's with that greasy hair and those ugly clothes? That girl is retched.
Retched
derivation; adjective
Having the appearance of looking disheveled, umkept, not clean. May be extended to being physically unattractive or even ugly.
Etymology : Derivation adjective-formation from the English verb 'retch,' meaning to vomit or purge. Adopted to adjective form to represent a sickening physical appearance. 'Retch' comes originally from the Old English hraecan, 'to cough up, spit,' first used as 'to vomit' in the late 19th century.
Source : Conversation with middle school students this past summer
Last modified: 25 November 2008