wretched
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- unhappy, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, downcast, forlorn, hapless, miserable, woebegone
- worthless, inferior, miserable, paltry, pathetic, poor, sorry

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Contrasted words: animated, gay, lively, content, contented, satisfied, gratified, pleased
Related Words: melancholy, abject, mean, sordid, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, despairing, despondent, forlorn, hopeless

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

wretch‧ed /ˈretʃəd, ˈretʃɪd/ adjective
[Date: 1100-1200; Origin: wretch]

1. someone who is wretched is very unhappy or ill, and you feel sorry for them:
the poor, wretched girl

2. if you feel wretched, you feel guilty and unhappy because of something bad that you have done:
Guy felt wretched about it now.

3. [only before noun] making you feel annoyed or angry:
Where is that wretched boy?

4. literary extremely bad or unpleasant Synonym : miserable:
I was shocked to see their wretched living conditions.
—wretchedly adverb
—wretchedness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲