Wretched - Definition

wretched

adj 1: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable,
execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched]
2: characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend";
"spent a wretched night on the floor" [syn: 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" [syn:
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" [syn: 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" [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate,
pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor,
wretched]

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