poor devil

1. 1.

   someone you feel sorry for

   Synonymswretch

   Broadervictim

Questions about poor devil

What does poor devil mean?

poor devil means "someone you feel sorry for".

What is another word for poor devil?

Close synonyms include wretch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is poor devil a common word?

poor devil is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.