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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wretch•ed /ˈrɛtʃɪd/USA pronunciation adj. - very unfortunate;
worthy of pity because of suffering or misery:that wretched man, living on the street. - characterized by or causing misery and sorrow:living in wretched conditions.
- contemptible:a wretched thief.
- worthless;
inferior:a wretched meal of boiled cabbage. - miserable or unhappy:[be + ~]She felt wretched for having betrayed her friends.
wretch•ed•ly, adv. wretch•ed•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wretch•ed (rech′id),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - very unfortunate in condition or circumstances;
miserable;
pitiable. - characterized by or attended with misery and sorrow.
- despicable, contemptible, or mean:a wretched miser.
- poor, sorry, or pitiful;
worthless:a wretched job of sewing.
- Middle English wrecchede. See wretch, -ed3 1150–1200
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dejected, distressed, afflicted, woeful, woebegone, forlorn, unhappy.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Wretched, miserable, sorry refer to that which is unhappy, afflicted, or distressed. Wretched refers to a condition of extreme affliction or distress, esp. as outwardly apparent:wretched hovels.Miserable refers more to the inward feeling of unhappiness or distress:a miserable life.Sorry applies to distressed, often poverty-stricken outward circumstances; but it has connotations of unworthiness, incongruousness, or the like, so that the beholder feels more contempt than pity:in a sorry plight.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged base, vile.
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