wretched (redirected from wretchedest)

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 [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

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 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.

Translations

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

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

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)

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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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?