wretched

wretch·ed

 (rĕch′ĭd)

adj. wretch·ed·er, wretch·ed·est

1. In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable: "the wretched prisoners huddling in the stinking cages" (George Orwell).

2. Characterized by or attended with misery or woe: a wretched life.

3. Of a poor or mean character; dismal: a wretched building.

4. Contemptible; despicable: wretched treatment of the patients.

5. Of very inferior quality: wretched prose.

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[Middle English wrecched, from wrecche, wretch; see wretch.]

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wretch′ed·ly adv.

wretch′ed·ness n.

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wretched

(ˈrɛtʃɪd)

adj

1. in poor or pitiful circumstances

2. characterized by or causing misery

3. despicable; base

4. poor, inferior, or paltry

5. (prenominal) (intensifier qualifying something undesirable): a wretched nuisance.

ˈwretchedly adv

ˈwretchedness n

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wretch•ed

(ˈrɛtʃ ɪd)

adj.

1. very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; pitiable.

2. characterized by or attended with misery and sorrow; miserable.

3. despicable, contemptible, or mean: a wretched miser.

4. pitiful or worthless; inferior: a wretched job of sewing.

[1150–1200; Middle English wrecchede. See wretch, -ed³]

wretch′ed•ly, adv.

wretch′ed•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	wretched - of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" execrable, deplorable, woeful, miserable inferior - of low or inferior quality
	2.	wretched - characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor" miserable uncomfortable - providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun"
	3.	wretched - very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" miserable, suffering unhappy - experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"
	4.	wretched - morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" despicable, vile, worthless, slimy, ugly, unworthy evil - morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"
	5.	wretched - deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, hapless, poor, miserable, pitiable, pitiful unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"

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wretched

adjective

1. unfortunate, poor, sorry, hapless, pitiful, luckless, star-crossed, pitiable wretched people living in abject poverty

2. unhappy, depressed, distressed, miserable, gloomy, hopeless, dismal, pathetic, worthless, melancholy, pitiful, forlorn, abject, woeful, dejected, downcast, disconsolate, funereal, crestfallen, doleful, down in the dumps (informal), pitiable, cheerless, woebegone, comfortless, brokenhearted The wretched look on the little girl's face melted his heart.
unhappy happy, contented, cheerful, carefree, jovial, untroubled, light-hearted

3. worthless, poor, sorry, miserable, pathetic, inferior, paltry, deplorable What a wretched excuse!
worthless great, successful, excellent, thriving, flourishing, splendid

4. shameful, mean, low, base, shabby, vile, low-down (informal), paltry, despicable, contemptible, scurvy, crappy (slang), poxy (slang) Politicians - I hate the whole wretched lot of them.
shameful decent, worthy, noble, admirable

5. ill, poorly, sick, crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), sickly, unwell, off colour (Brit. informal), under the weather (informal) The flu was making him feel absolutely wretched.

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wretched

adjective

1. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation:

abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, mean, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, vile.

2. Suffering from usually prolonged anguish:

miserable, woebegone, woeful.

3. Having a painful ailment:

afflicted, miserable, suffering.

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Translations

بائِس، تَعيستَعِس، رَديء النَّوْع

elendigforbandet

elenderbärmlichmies

miserablemaldito

misérablepauvrepiètreméprisable

nyamvadt

bölvaîurlélegur, ömurlegur

infelicemiserabileorribilesquallido

beden

Allahın cezasıkör olasıperişanpissefil

肮脏的讨厌的

wretched

[ˈretʃɪd] ADJ

1. (= unhappy) → desdichado, desgraciado

2. (= abject, poor) [condition] → miserable, lamentable; [slum] → lamentable; [life, existence] → miserable, desgraciado, infeliz
to live in wretched poverty → vivir en la miseria más absoluta

3. (= very bad) → horrible, espantoso
what wretched luck! → ¡maldita la suerte!
where's that wretched dog! → ¡dónde está ese maldito or condenado perro!
to feel wretched (= miserable) → sentirse infeliz; (= ill) → sentirse muy mal

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wretched

[ˈrɛtʃɪd] adj

(= miserable) [person, animal] → misérable often before n; [conditions, life] → misérable

(= lousy) [pay, performance, week, day] → misérable

(= annoying) → maudit(e) before n

(= ill) to feel wretched → se sentir terriblement mal

(= unhappy) → malheureux/euse
to feel wretched (= unhappy, ashamed) → être malheureux/euse
to feel wretched about sth → être malheureux/euse de qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wretched

adj

→ elend; conditions, life → elend, erbärmlich; clothing → erbärmlich; (= unhappy, depressed) → (tod)unglücklich; I feel wretched (= ill) → mir geht es miserabel (inf), → ich fühle mich elend; I feel wretched about having to say no → es tut mir in der Seele weh, dass ich Nein or nein sagen muss

(= very bad) housing conditions, weather, novel, player → erbärmlich, miserabel (inf); (inf: = damned) → verflixt, elend, Mist- (all inf); what a wretched thing to do! → so etwas Schäbiges!; what wretched luck! → was für ein verflixtes or elendes Pech (inf)

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wretched

[ˈrɛtʃɪd] adj

a. (house, conditions) → misero/a, disgraziato/a; (life) → gramo/a; (pittance) → misero/a; (unhappy, depressed) → infelice, triste
I feel wretched (fam) (ill) → sto malissimo

b. (fam) (very bad, weather, behaviour) → pessimo/a, atroce; (holiday) → orrendo/a, orribile; (results) → pessimo/a; (child) → pestifero/a
I feel wretched about it (fam) (conscience-stricken) → mi sento un verme
what wretched luck! (fam) → che scalogna!
where's that wretched dog? (fam) → dov'è quel maledetto cane?

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wretch

(retʃ) noun

1. a miserable, unhappy creature. The poor wretch! ellendeling مَخْلوق بائِس، صُعْلوك нещастник infeliz ubožák das Wesen stakkel φουκαράςdesgraciado, miserable viletsake بدبخت؛ بیچاره ressukka malheureux/-euse אומלל अभागा jadnik, sirotan szerencsétlen alak makhluk menyedihkan vesalingur disgraziato, infelice みじめな人 비참한 환경에 있는 사람 nelaimėlis, vargšas nelaimīgais; nabadziņš; bēdulis si malang stakkerstakkar nieszczęśnik بې وزلى، بدمرغه، سېپره، بدبخته: ټيټ، كم اصل infeliz nenorocit несчастный úbožiak nesrečnik nesrećnik stackare, sate, eländig varelse คนเคราะห์ร้าย zavallı kimse 不幸的人 бідолаха بد نصیب người bất hạnh 不幸的人

2. a name used in annoyance or anger. You wretch! skurk وَغْد، دنيء отрепка desgraçado! darebák der Schuft stymper παλιάνθρωπος ¡desgraciado! lurjus پست؛ منفور riiviö scélérat/-ate עלוב कमबख्त hulja, lopov hitvány ember brengsek aumingi, óþokki disgraziato 恥知らず 치사한 놈, 녀석 nenaudėlis nelaimīgais; nelietis si bedebah ellendelingdin tufs!; usling!łajdak بدمرغه desgraçado! nemernic негодяй darebák lopov bednik usling, kräk คำที่ใช้เรียกคน / สิ่งของเวลาโกรธ köftehor, sefil yaratık (表示惱怒或憤怒)你這傢伙！ негідник کم بخت ranh con （骂人话）你这坏东西！，你这无赖！，你这坏蛋！

wretched (ˈretʃid) adjective

1. very poor or miserable. They live in a wretched little house. ellendig بائِس، تَعيس мизерен miserável ubohý erbärmlich elendig άθλιος, δυστυχισμένοςmiserable armetu فلاکت بار kurja misérableאומלל अभागा jadan, bijedan nyomorult menyedihkan lélegur, ömurlegur misero みじめな 불행한 skurdus, varganas nožēlojams; trūcīgs malang ellendigelendig, ussel, jammerlignędzny خواشيني، بې وزلى، غم زپلى، غم لړلى،خواشينوونكى، غمناك دكركې وړ: ټيټ miserável amărât никудышный úbohý beden jadan bedrövlig, eländig เคราะห์ร้าย sefil, perişan 骯臟的 нещасний, жалюгідний بد نصیب khốn khổ 肮脏的

2. used in annoyance. This wretched machine won't work! verrekte تَعِس، رَديء النَّوْع ужасен desgraçado mizerný elend forbandet φρικτός, καταραμένοςmaldito neetud لعنتی kirottu maudit מְזוּרגַג, מְזוּפָּת कमबख्त kukavan, nevaljan pocsék brengsek bölvaður maledetto ひどい 지독한, 고약한 niekam tikęs nelaimīgais bedebah ellendigforbannetwstrętny لعنتی desgraçado blestemat проклятый; несчастный mizerný, odporný presnet proklet förbaskad น่าเวทนา kör olası, Allahın cezası, pis 討厭的 нікчемний; кепський فرسودہ tử tiệt 讨厌的

ˈwretchedly adverb

ellendig بصورةٍ تَعيسَه أو بائِسَه мизерно miseravelmente bídně erbärmlich elendigt άθλιαmiserablemente armetult با فلاکت kurjasti misérablement בְּצוּרָה עֲלוּבָה बदकिस्मती से kukavno, nevaljalo szerencsétlenül, nyomorultan secara menyedihkan ömurlega; bölvanlega miseramente みじめに 불쌍하게 skurdžiai, netikusiai nožēlojami dgn malang ellendigelendig, jammerlig nędznie بې وزلى miseravelmente nefericit никудышно biedne bedno jadno bedrövligt, eländigt อย่างเคราะห์ร้าย sefil bir vaziyette 極糟地 кепсько غمگینی سے một cách khốn khổ 极糟地

ˈwretchedness noun

ellendigheid تَعاسَه، بُؤْس، شَقاء мизерия miséria ubohost die Erbärmlichkeit, das Elend elendighed αθλιότηταmiseria armetus ذلت؛ فلاکت kurjuus misère אוּמלָלוּת कमबख्ती nesreća, jad, bijeda szerencsétlenség, boldogtalanság keadaan menyedihkan eymd miseria みじめさ 불쌍함 nepasisekimas nožēlojams stāvoklis kebedebahan ellendigheid elendighet, jammerlighetniedola, nikczemność خواشيني، بې وزلى، غم، پسخاك miséria nefericire негодность úbohosť bednost jadnost bedrövelse, elände ความเคราะห์ร้าย sefalet 可憐 нікчемність غمگینی tình trạng nghèo đói, tình trạng khốn khổ 可怜

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