Meaning & Definition of Wretched in English
English⟶
Wretched
/rɛʧɪd/
adjective
1. Of very poor quality or condition
- "Deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"
- "Woeful treatment of the accused"
- "Woeful errors of judgment"
synonym:
- deplorable,
- execrable,
- miserable,
- woeful,
- wretched
2. Characterized by physical misery
- "A wet miserable weekend"
- "Spent a wretched night on the floor"
synonym:
- miserable,
- wretched
3. Very unhappy
- Full of misery
- "He felt depressed and miserable"
- "A message of hope for suffering humanity"
- "Wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
synonym:
- miserable,
- suffering,
- wretched
4. Morally reprehensible
- "Would do something as despicable as murder"
- "Ugly crimes"
- "The vile development of slavery appalled them"
- "A slimy little liar"
synonym:
- despicable,
- ugly,
- vile,
- slimy,
- unworthy,
- worthless,
- wretched
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"
synonym:
- hapless,
- miserable,
- misfortunate,
- pathetic,
- piteous,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- poor,
- wretched
Examples of using
Begone, wretched spawn of Hell's unholy bowels!
Because thou sayest — I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.