wretched
of very poor quality or condition
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,882 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,543 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- of very poor quality or condition also: deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful deplorable housing conditions in the inner citywoeful treatment of the accused
- characterized by physical misery also: miserable a wet miserable weekendspent a wretched night on the floor
- very unhappy; full of misery also: miserable, suffering he felt depressed and miserablea message of hope for suffering humanity
- morally reprehensible also: despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless would do something as despicable as murderugly crimes
- deserving or inciting pity also: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable a hapless victimmiserable victims of war
wretched in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Prosperous or wretched, her destiny henceforth was linked with another.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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My lord of Suffolk, this wretched man's condition demands special attention.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 2
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Drove in a wretched Girl; who weeping stood, Whilst the cold rain dripp'd from her in a flood.
Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs · Robert Bloomfield · Chapter 1
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Through his own wretched appearance and position he must develop for Katherine more clearly than ever Graham's superiority.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Feigned acceptance when I asked, Lovely words with cunning masked, Holy vows but heart unholy; Wretched man, my trust was folly!
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1