wretched
1. of very poor quality or condition (Freq. 2)
- deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
- woeful treatment of the accused
- woeful errors of judgment
• Syn:
deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful
• Similar to:
inferior
• Derivationally related forms:
wretchedness, miserableness (for: miserable)
2. characterized by physical misery (Freq. 2)
- a wet miserable weekend
- spent a wretched night on the floor
• Syn:
miserable
• Similar to:
uncomfortable
• Derivationally related forms:
wretchedness, miserableness (for: miserable)
3. morally reprehensible
- would do something as despicable as murder
- ugly crimes
- the vile development of slavery appalled them
- a slimy little liar
• Syn:
despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless
• Similar to:
evil
• Derivationally related forms:
unworthiness (for: unworthy), sliminess (for: slimy), ugliness (for: ugly), despicableness (for: despicable), despicability (for: despicable)
4. very unhappy;
full of misery
- he felt depressed and miserable
- a message of hope for suffering humanity
- wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
• Syn:
miserable, suffering
• Similar to:
unhappy
• Derivationally related forms:
wretchedness, miserableness (for: miserable)
5. 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
• Syn:
hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous,
pitiable, pitiful, poor
• Similar to:
unfortunate
• Derivationally related forms:
wretchedness, pity (for: piteous), pathos (for: pathetic), miserableness (for: miserable)
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