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Meanings of wretched in English

Deserving or inciting pity.

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      Morally reprehensible.

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          Of very poor quality or condition.

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                Very unhappy; full of misery.

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                      Usage of wretched in English
                      1
                      He said the action was an opportunity to clarify a wretched situation.
                      Radio NZ
                      2
                      The household affairs are in a wretched condition; everything is in disorder.
                      The Goose Man
                      3
                      Parliament voted to hold the wretched 2016 referendum by an overwhelming majority.
                      The Guardian
                      4
                      Veronica is amazed: isn't Zimbabwe supposed to be a wretched, dangerous place?
                      Night of knives
                      5
                      The colonel sat in wretched silence a few moments; then he arose:
                      From the Ranks
                      6
                      To know that my work must be lost made me intolerably wretched.
                      Ben-Hur
                      7
                      True-thewretched Bendigo knew no better; but no more did the General.
                      No Man's Land
                      8
                      It is a wretched business from start to finish, said Strange unconcernedly.
                      Jonathan strange and mr norrell
                      9
                      The living conditions of the victim and her family have been wretched.
                      The Irish Times
                      10
                      Do you have any wine or something stronger in this wretched house?'
                      Stonewielder
                      11
                      Our whole history on this particular matter has been a wretched one.
                      Radio NZ
                      12
                      He was wretched; and in his wretchedness his resolves became involuntarily weakened.
                      The Parisians — Volume 03
                      13
                      It was the war of course, the uncertainty, the wretched, hateful windows!
                      The distant hours
                      14
                      There is also a lesson perhaps for this wretched, riven, chaotic government.
                      The Guardian
                      15
                      Every day I found the society of the wretched Balbi more intolerable.
                      The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
                      16
                      He feels he will end his days in this wretched hotel room.
                      The new yorker
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                      Wretched through the time
                      Wretched across language varieties
                      United Kingdom
                      Common
                      Ireland
                      Less common
                      United States of America
                      Rare