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wretched(dictionary)

wretched (oh)



[Date: 1100-1200; Origin: wretch]
someone who is wretched is very unhappy or ill, and you feel sorry for them
::the poor, wretched girl
if you feel wretched, you feel guilty and unhappy because of something bad that you have done
::Guy felt wretched about it now.
[only before noun] making you feel annoyed or angry
::Where is that wretched boy?
literary extremely bad or unpleasant
-synonym miserable miserable
::I was shocked to see their wretched living conditions.
-- wretchedly adv
-- wretchedness n [U]