definition of
wretched

[1] #1 wretched s. [deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful] of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment". wn

[2] #2 wretched s. [miserable] characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor". wn

[3] #3 wretched s. [miserable, suffering] very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages". wn

[4] #4 wretched s. [despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless] morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar". wn

[5] #5 wretched s. [hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor] 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 d. wn