wretched

5 definitions • 6 examples

unpleasant or of low quality:

a wretched childhood

The people live in wretched conditions, with no running water.

feeling very ill or very unhappy:

I think I must be coming down with flu - I've been feeling wretched all day.

used to express anger when something annoying happens:

My wretched car's broken down again.

unhappy or extremely sad:

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself.

Something described as wretched is very bad or of poor quality:

Workers lived in wretched, overcrowded shacks.