"wretcheder" in the adjective sense
1. deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched
of very poor quality or condition
"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"
"woeful treatment of the accused"
"woeful errors of judgment"
2. miserable, wretched
characterized by physical misery
"a wet miserable weekend"
"spent a wretched night on the floor"
3. miserable, suffering, wretched
very unhappy full of misery
"he felt depressed and miserable"
"a message of hope for suffering humanity"
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
4. despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched
morally reprehensible
"would do something as despicable as murder"
"ugly crimes"
"the vile development of slavery appalled them"
"a slimy little liar"
5. hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
deserving or inciting pity
"a hapless victim"
"miserable victims of war"
"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
"piteous appeals for help"
"pitiable homeless children"
"a pitiful fate"
"Oh, you poor thing"
"his poor distorted limbs"
"a wretched life"
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