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wretched
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adjective
wretcheder, wretchedest.
- very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
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- characterized by or attended with misery and sorrow.
- despicable, contemptible, or mean:
a wretched miser.
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- poor, sorry, or pitiful; worthless:
a wretched job of sewing.
wretched
/ ˈɛʃɪ /
adjective
- in poor or pitiful circumstances
- characterized by or causing misery
- despicable; base
- poor, inferior, or paltry
- prenominal (intensifier qualifying something undesirable)
a wretched nuisance
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Derived Forms
- ˈɰٳ, adverb
- ˈɰٳԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ɰٳĻ· adverb
- ɰٳĻ·Ա noun
- ܲ·ɰٳĻ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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Synonym Study
Wretched, miserable, sorry refer to that which is unhappy, afflicted, or distressed. Wretched refers to a condition of extreme affliction or distress, especially as outwardly apparent: wretched hovels. Miserable refers more to the inward feeling of unhappiness or distress: a miserable life. Sorry applies to distressed, often poverty-stricken outward circumstances; but it has connotations of unworthiness, incongruousness, or the like, so that the beholder feels more contempt than pity: in a sorry plight.
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After the Phillies’ weekend series the Dodgers play three games against the wretched Nationals and three against the Chicago Cubs, who they’ve already beaten twice in two attempts.
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What a wretched group of seniors you must be ... for shoveling out this bull—.
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Scotland had been as wretched as Greece had been classy.
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The death knell was the wretched failure of Christian nationalism as a governing style.
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Gatland says he has "no regrets" about returning to the job, but admits to beginning to lose belief after a wretched run of form.
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