Definition of wretched Wretched
/ɹɛˈʧɪd/ - [rechid] - wretch•ed
We found 13 definitions of wretched from 5 different sources.
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| wretched - morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" | ||
| despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless | ||
| evil morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" | ||
| 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" | ||
| hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor | ||
| unfortunate unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech" | ||
| 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" | ||
| 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" | ||
| wretched - of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" | ||
| deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful | ||
| inferior of or characteristic of low rank or importance | ||
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- wretched (Adjective)
Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. - wretched (Adjective)
Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable. - wretched (Adjective)
Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- wretched (a.)
Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. - wretched (a.)
Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin. - wretched (a.)
Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.
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Morally reprehensible.
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