wretched
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ɪdRelated forms
wretch·ed·ly, adverb
wretch·ed·ness, noun
un·wretch·ed, adjective
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1. dejected, distressed, afflicted, woeful, woebegone, forlorn, unhappy. 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. 3. base, vile.
1. dejected, distressed, afflicted, woeful, woebegone, forlorn, unhappy. 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. 3. base, vile.
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| —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 | |
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Example sentences
IN the grim world of professional football, it is common to blame the wretched place-kicker or punter when a game gets away.
While the press loves to focus on the wretched excess of wealthy candidates, the public doesn't seem surprised.
Despite their wretched situation, they are forced to work together.
So long as the state of nature endures, life is insecure and wretched.
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