wretched

wretched /'retʃid/
  • tính từ
    • khốn khổ, cùng khổ; bất hạnh
      • a wretched life: cuộc sống cùng khổ
    • xấu, tồi, đáng chê
      • wretched weather: thời tiết xấu
      • wretched food: thức ăn tồi
      • a wretched poet: thi sĩ tồi
    • thảm hại, quá tệ
      • a wretched mistake: một lỗi thảm hại
      • the wretched stupidity of...: sự ngu đần thảm hại của...

Xem thêm: deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, miserable, miserable, suffering, despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor



wretched

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • of very poor quality or condition; deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful

    deplorable housing conditions in the inner city

    woeful treatment of the accused

    woeful errors of judgment

  • characterized by physical misery; miserable

    a wet miserable weekend

    spent a wretched night on the floor

  • very unhappy; full of misery; miserable, suffering

    he felt depressed and miserable

    a message of hope for suffering humanity

    wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages

  • morally reprehensible; despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless

    would do something as despicable as murder

    ugly crimes

    the vile development of slavery appalled them

    a slimy little liar

  • deserving or inciting pity; hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor

    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


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: deplorable despicable execrable hapless miserable misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful poor slimy suffering ugly unworthy vile woeful worthless