wretched

wretch·ed  (rchd)

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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wretched·ly adv.

wretched·ness n.

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wretched [retch-id]

Adjective

1. in poor or pitiful circumstances: a vast wretched slum

2. feeling very unhappy

3. of poor quality: the wretched state of the cabbages

4. Informal undesirable or displeasing: what a wretched muddle

wretchedly adv
wretchedness n

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 << OPPOSITE happy

adjective 2. worthless, poor, sorry, miserable, pathetic, inferior, paltry, deplorable << OPPOSITE excellent

adjective 3. shameful, mean, low, base, shabby, vile, low-down (informal) paltry, despicable, contemptible, scurvy, crappy (slang) poxy (slang) << OPPOSITE admirable

4. ill, poorly, sick, crook Austral., N.Z. (informal) sickly, unwell, off colour Brit. (informal) under the weather (informal)

Translations

wretched [ˈrɛtʃɪd] adj → miserable

wretched [ˈrɛtʃɪd] adj → misérable;

(inf) → maudit(e)

wretched [ˈrɛtʃɪd] wretch adj (= poor) → erbärmlich (= unhappy); unglücklich;

(inf) (= damned); elend

wretched [ˈrɛtʃɪd] adj → disgraziato/a;

(col) [weather, holiday] → orrendo/a, orribile: [child, dog] → pestifero/a