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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
Similar to: Inferior
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Wretchedness
2. Adjective. Characterized by physical misery. "Spent a wretched night on the floor"
3. Adjective. Very unhappy; full of misery. "Wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
Exact synonyms: Miserable, Suffering
Similar to: Unhappy
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Wretchedness
Similar to: Unhappy
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Wretchedness
4. Adjective. Morally reprehensible. "A slimy little liar"
Exact synonyms: Despicable, Slimy, Ugly, Unworthy, Vile, Worthless
Similar to: Evil
Derivative terms: Despicability, Despicableness, Sliminess, Ugliness, Unworthiness
Similar to: Evil
Derivative terms: Despicability, Despicableness, Sliminess, Ugliness, Unworthiness
5. Adjective. Deserving or inciting pity. "A wretched life"
Exact synonyms: Hapless, Miserable, Misfortunate, Pathetic, Piteous, Pitiable, Pitiful, Poor
Similar to: Unfortunate
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Pathos, Pity, Pity, Wretchedness
Similar to: Unfortunate
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Pathos, Pity, Pity, Wretchedness
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]