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wretchedwretch‧ed /ˈretʃɪd/ adjective   wretchedOrigin: 1100-1200 wretch - wretched poverty
- a lonely and wretched old man
- Billy lay on the bed, wretched and close to tears.
- the wretched state of American television
- With a violent drunkard for a husband, he thought, that wretched woman must lead a life of terror.
- I don't want to have Nicky Scott Wilson fussing round me like a wretched nanny while you're away.
- It was a venue of pathos and prayers, a wretched place for passengers concerned with their welfare.
- The really wretched thing is, it can only get worse for me.
- There was nothing to do but put the wretched thing on.
- They were no longer the oppressed, wretched teen menials who must take orders, toe the line.
- Why couldn't she put the image of that wretched man out of her mind?
relating to someone who is so unlucky, so unhappy etc that you feel sorry for them► poor especially spoken use this to talk to or about someone that you feel sorry for: · The poor girl gets blamed for everything that goes wrong.· Poor baby. Come here and let me give you a cuddle.poor old informal: · I hear poor old Steve broke his ankle. ► pitiful a pitiful person looks or sounds very sad and unlucky and you feel very sorry for them: · John looked pitiful, his whole body weak with exhaustion.· the pitiful cries of an injured puppy· The horses were in a pitiful condition, thin and covered with sores. ► pathetic someone who is pathetic is someone that you feel sorry for even though you often also have no respect for them: · There is something pathetic about a 40-year-old man who still has his mother do his laundry.· Yang looked at me with a pathetic expression on his face.· We found a small dog sitting outside the back door, looking pathetic. ► wretched someone who is wretched is very unhappy or unlucky, so that you feel very sorry for them - used especially in literature: · With a violent drunkard for a husband, he thought, that wretched woman must lead a life of terror.· Billy lay on the bed, wretched and close to tears. ADVERB► most· This really is the most wretched country you could imagine.· The weekend was one of the most wretched she had ever known.· It multiplied capital punishment for the most wretched categories of offenders. ► so· I felt so wretched, because I thought I might never see you again.· I've been feeling so wretched these past two weeks because we've been apart.· Even after the fire, Garvey had never looked so wretched.· She had never felt so wretched and she vowed that if Maggie recovered she would make it up to her somehow.· She had seldom felt so old or so tired or so wretched.· When Captain Cook arrived, as he invariably did, they were so wretched they traded even their sacred carvings. NOUN► man· What was the wretched man doing on board, anyway?· Why couldn't she put the image of that wretched man out of her mind?· How was I to know she'd meet that wretched man?· To her annoyance, she was still thinking about the wretched man when lunchtime came and went.· This wretched man knows quite well he is doing wrong in taking my eggs.· I've known the wretched man for less than a week!· The wretched man never answered her questions! 1someone who is wretched is very unhappy or ill, and you feel sorry for them:  the poor, wretched girl2if 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?4literary extremely bad or unpleasant SYN miserable: I was shocked to see their wretched living conditions.—wretchedly adverb—wretchedness noun [uncountable] |