adjective · rare

wretched

wretch·ed

wretched · more wretched · most wretched

не працює, знижений, зламаний

несчастный, жалкий, убогий

erbärmlich, sehr schlecht, miserabel, wertlos

Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distressCharacterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable.

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UK/ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪd/US/ˈɹɛt͡ʃəd/

» He lived a wretched life when young.

Meaning

6 senses

Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable.
I felt wretched after my wife died.
miserabel, sehr schlecht, erbärmlich
жа́лкийžálkij, несча́стныйnesčástnyj
Of an inferior or unworthy nature or social status; contemptible, lowly.
The street was full of wretched beggars dressed in rags.
Of an insignificant, mean, or poor nature; miserable, paltry, worthless.
I just lack the fine motor skill. Same reason I'm a grown man who doesn't know how to use a screwdriver without looking like a retard. Oh, I'm wretched.
wertlos
убогийubogij
Of a person, etc.: behaving in a manner causing contempt; base, despicable, wicked.
erbärmlich
Of weather: causing much discomfort; very unpleasant; miserable.
(informal)Used to express annoyance towards or dislike of someone or something: bloody, damned.
Will you please stop playing that wretched trombone!

More definitions

characterized by physical misery
very unhappy; full of misery
of very poor quality or condition
morally reprehensible

Examples

23 sentences

He lived a wretched life when young.
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They live in a wretched little house.
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I like to help the most wretched people.
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I am so gauche with these wretched baubles.
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'Twas there that this wretched boy was born.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable:

of an insignificant, mean, or poor nature — see also worthless:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable:

of an insignificant, mean, or poor nature — see also worthless:

Origin

From Middle English wrecched (“(adjective) characterized by or suffering hardship or misfo

From Middle English wrecched (“(adjective) characterized by or suffering hardship or misfortune, miserable, unfortunate, unhappy; indigent, poor; of low economic or social status, lowly; (noun) miserable person”) [and other forms], from wrecche (“characterized by or suffering hardship or misfortune, miserable, unfortunate, unhappy; indigent, poor; of low economic or social status, lowly; base, contemptible, vile; reprehensible, wicked; miserly, stingy; of little importance, paltry, worthless”) (from Late Old English wrecc, from Old English wreċċa (“an exile, outcast”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to follow, track; to hunt”)) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as wretch (“(obsolete) wretched”, adjective) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives).

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