Definitions for wretchedˈrɛtʃ ɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

wretch•edˈrɛtʃ ɪd(adj.)

  1. very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; pitiable.

  2. characterized by or attended with misery and sorrow; miserable.

  3. despicable, contemptible, or mean:

    a wretched miser.

  4. pitiful or worthless; inferior:

    a wretched job of sewing.

Origin of wretched:

1150–1200; ME wrecchede. See wretch , -ed3

wretch′ed•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched(adj)

    of very poor quality or condition

    "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

  2. miserable, wretched(adj)

    characterized by physical misery

    "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"

  3. miserable, suffering, wretched(adj)

    very unhappy; full of misery

    "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

  4. despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched(adj)

    morally reprehensible

    "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

  5. hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched(adj)

    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"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. wretched(adjective)ˈrɛtʃ ɪd

    miserable or very ill

    I feel wretched.

  2. wretchedˈrɛtʃ ɪd

    marked by poverty and bad conditions

    the wretched lives of the peasants

  3. wretchedˈrɛtʃ ɪd

    emphasizes how unpleasant you think sth is

    their wretched decision to go to war

Wiktionary

  1. wretched(Adjective)

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

  2. wretched(Adjective)

    Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable

  3. wretched(Adjective)

    Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wretched(adj)

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

  2. Wretched(adj)

    worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin

  3. Wretched(adj)

    hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked


Translations for wretched

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

wretched(adjective)

very poor or miserable

They live in a wretched little house.

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