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UK
/ɹˈɛtʃɪd/
]
[ US /ˈɹɛtʃɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈɹɛtʃɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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morally reprehensible
the vile development of slavery appalled them
a slimy little liar
would do something as despicable as murder
ugly crimes -
characterized by physical misery
spent a wretched night on the floor
a wet miserable weekend -
deserving or inciting pity
a pitiful fate
pitiable homeless children
Oh, you poor thing
his poor distorted limbs
a wretched life
a hapless victim
miserable victims of war
his poor distorted limbs
the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
piteous appeals for help -
very unhappy; full of misery
a message of hope for suffering humanity
he felt depressed and miserable
wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages -
of very poor quality or condition
deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
woeful errors of judgment
woeful treatment of the accused
How To Use wretched In A Sentence
- Davenport advances, Rubin absorbs wretched start to U.S. USATODAY.com - Davenport advances, Rubin absorbs wretched start to U.S. Open
- And I am dreading having to look the people who have witnessed my wretched performance in the eye over dinner. Times, Sunday Times
- Any dog not in harness was howling and yelping to be put in one, and even when harnessed they continued with their wretched wailing until they were off and running.
- Here he connects to that discussion the situation of the wretched offspring who are undutiful toward their parents.
- The picture of these poor mites could not be more wretched. Times, Sunday Times
- I must have cut a wretched figure, filthy and sunburnt, to the brother who heard my explanations about who I was and why I was here.
- They will drink their wretched heartless stuff, such as they call claret, or wine of Medoc, or Bordeaux, or what not, with no more meaning than sour rennet, stirred with the pulp from the cider press, and strained through the cap of our Betty. Lorna Doone
- Don't speak to me that way, you wretched fiend.
- Such synecdoches are central to reformist representation, which relies on one ‘wretched woman’ to stand in for all.
- However I'm not cured of the wretched cold and cough that have been my companions for over a week now.