Definition of Wretched

1. Adjective. Of very poor quality or condition. "Woeful errors of judgment"

Exact synonyms: Deplorable, Execrable, Miserable, Woeful
Similar to: Inferior
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Wretchedness

2. Adjective. Characterized by physical misery. "Spent a wretched night on the floor"
Exact synonyms: Miserable
Similar to: Uncomfortable
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Wretchedness

3. Adjective. Very unhappy; full of misery. "Wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
Exact synonyms: Miserable, Suffering
Similar to: Unhappy
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Wretchedness

4. Adjective. Morally reprehensible. "A slimy little liar"

5. Adjective. Deserving or inciting pity. "A wretched life"

Definition of Wretched

1. a. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

2. a. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

Definition of Wretched

1. Adjective. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. ¹

2. Adjective. Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable ¹

3. Adjective. (obsolete) Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Wretched

1. extremely unhappy [adj -EDER, -EDEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wretched

wrestle
wrestle with a pig
wrestled
wrestler
wrestlers
wrestles
wrestling
wrestling hold
wrestling mat
wrestling match
wrestling ring
wrestlings
wrests
wretch
wretche
wretched (current term)
wretcheder
wretchedest
wretchedhead
wretchedly
wretchedness
wretchednesses
wretches
wretchful
wretching
wretchless
wretchock
wrethe
wrethed
wrethes

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