Meaning of wretched in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈrɛtʃəd/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   wretched

   Definitions

   1. of very poor quality or condition

   Examples

   • « deplorable housing conditions in the inner city »
   • « woeful treatment of the accused »
   • « woeful errors of judgment »

   Synonyms

   • inferior
2. 2. characterized by physical misery

   Examples

   • « a wet miserable weekend »
   • « spent a wretched night on the floor »

   Synonyms

   • uncomfortable
3. 3. very unhappy

   Examples

   • « full of misery »
   • « he felt depressed and miserable »
   • « a message of hope for suffering humanity »
   • « wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages »

   Synonyms

   • unhappy
4. 4. deserving or inciting pity

   Examples

   • « 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 d »

   Synonyms

   • unfortunate