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wretched

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adjective (a)

Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.(adjective)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

of very poor quality or condition(adj.all)

Synonym:
deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful

source: wordnet30
characterized by physical misery(adj.all)

Example:
Spent a wretched night on the floor.

Synonym:
miserable

source: wordnet30
very unhappy; full of misery(adj.all)

Example:
Wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages.

Synonym:
miserable, suffering

source: wordnet30
morally reprehensible(adj.all)

Synonym:
despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless

source: wordnet30
deserving or inciting pity(adj.all)

Example:
A wretched life.

Synonym:
hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor

source: wordnet30

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