wretched
[ rech-id ]
adjective,wretch·ed·er, wretch·ed·est.
very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
characterized by or attended with misery and sorrow.
despicable, contemptible, or mean: a wretched miser.
poor, sorry, or pitiful; worthless: a wretched job of sewing.
Origin of wretched
1synonym study For wretched
2. Wretched, miserable, sorry refer to that which is unhappy, afflicted, or distressed. Wretched refers to a condition of extreme affliction or distress, especially as outwardly apparent: wretched hovels. Miserable refers more to the inward feeling of unhappiness or distress: a miserable life. Sorry applies to distressed, often poverty-stricken outward circumstances; but it has connotations of unworthiness, incongruousness, or the like, so that the beholder feels more contempt than pity: in a sorry plight.
Other words for wretched
1 | dejected, distressed, afflicted, woeful, woebegone, forlorn, unhappy |
3 | base, vile |
Other words from wretched
- wretch·ed·ly, adverb
- wretch·ed·ness, noun
- un·wretch·ed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for wretched
wretched
/ (ˈrɛtʃɪd) /
adjective
in poor or pitiful circumstances
characterized by or causing misery
despicable; base
poor, inferior, or paltry
(prenominal) (intensifier qualifying something undesirable): a wretched nuisance
Derived forms of wretched
- wretchedly, adverb
- wretchedness, noun
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