Adjective: wretched (wretcheder,wretchedest) re-chid
- Very unhappy; full of misery
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages";
- miserable, suffering
- Unpleasant or grim
"spent a wretched night on the floor";
- miserable
- Deserving or inciting pity
"a wretched life";
- hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor
- Of very poor quality or condition
"wretched housing conditions in the inner city";
- deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful
- Morally reprehensible
"would do something as wretched as murder";
- despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless
Derived forms: wretcheder, wretchedest
See also: abhorrent, absonant [archaic], detestable, distasteful, evil, inferior, loathsome, nauseating, obscene, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, sick, sickening, uncomfortable, unfortunate, unhappy, unsavory [US], unsavoury [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Wretched