wretched
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
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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How to use wretched in a sentence
Together, the players almost succeeded — showing just enough fight to say Washington can’t give up hope in the wretched NFC East.
Another tough loss has Washington at 2-6, but it’s too soon to give up on its NFC East hopes | Les Carpenter | November 8, 2020 | Washington PostNine months on, could the desire to put an end to the wretchedness of war plot a path out of Syria's four-year conflict?
Local Truces Are Syria’s Sad Little Pieces of Peace | Joshua Hersh | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe wretchedness of the life in Susiya, as in other Palestinians villages in the south Hebron Hills, is a human rights calamity.
In the subsequent chapters the narrator is pulled, inexorably, to new depths of disillusionment and wretchedness.
American Nightmare: Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’ at 60 | Nathaniel Rich | June 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe working classes of Thatcherite Britain were in dire need of a spokesperson to celebrate their wretchedness.
As they got lower and lower down the hill, her wretchedness and disquiet became acute, to the point of a wild despair.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettShe rode down the river path through the forest, happy after many days of wretchedness.
A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties | Charles MajorNeither perfect peace, nor utter wretchedness can be of long continuance here below.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoIt was just what he had prayed for; having seen all along that her wretchedness was owing to her being shut up alone with him.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairMen who remembered Walcheren sought in vain for a parallel to the wretchedness and mortality in our army.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard Russell
British Dictionary definitions for wretched
/ (ˈrɛtʃɪd) /
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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