wretched

adjectives

of very poor quality or condition

"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched

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wretchedness

characterized by physical misery

"a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"

miserable, wretched

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wretchedness

very unhappy; full of misery

"he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

miserable, suffering, wretched

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wretchedness

morally reprehensible

"would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, 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"

hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched

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wretchedness