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Synonyms for wretched
ˈrɛtʃ ɪdwretch·ed
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
wretched
Pitiful originally signified full of pity; as, "the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy," James v, 11; but this usage is now archaic, and the meaning in question is appropriated by such words as merciful and compassionate. Pitiful and pitiable now refer to what may be deserving of pity, pitiful being used chiefly for that which is merely an object of thought, pitiable for that which is brought directly before the senses; as, a pitiful story; a pitiable object; a pitiable condition. Since pity, however, always implies weakness or inferiority in that which is pitied, pitiful and pitiable are often used, by an easy transition, for what might awaken pity, but does awaken contempt; as, a pitiful excuse; he presented a pitiable appearance. Piteous is now rarely used in its earlier sense of feeling pity, but in its derived sense applies to what really excites the emotion; as, a piteous cry. Compare HUMANE; MERCY; PITY.
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abject, base, contemptible, despicable, lamentable, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, sorrowful, touching, wofulAntonyms:
august, beneficent, commanding, dignified, exalted, glorious, grand, great, helpful, lofty, mighty, noble, sublime, superb, superior
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
wretched
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miserable, debased, humiliated, fallen, ruined, pitiable, mean, paltry, worthless, vile, despicable, contemptible, sorrowful, afflicted, melancholy, dejectedAntonyms:
flourishing, prosperous, happy, unfallen, admirable, noble, honorable, worthy, valuable, enviable, joyous, felicitous, elated
Princeton's WordNet
deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretchedadjective
of very poor quality or condition
"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
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paltry, deplorable, scummy, odious, reprehensible, damnable, slimy, execrable, suffering, scurvy, woebegone, vile, low-down, despicable, miserable, low, criminal, vicious, worthless, detestable, sad, piteous, condemnable, hapless, lamentable, misfortunate, pitiable, distressing, measly, abominable, poor, pathetic, sorry, pitiful, abject, woeful, unworthy, uglyAntonyms:
happy, comfortable, superior, fortunate, good, comfymiserable, wretchedadjective
characterized by physical misery
"a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"
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low-down, pitiable, pathetic, piteous, abject, vile, misfortunate, poor, pitiful, hapless, slimy, miserable, unworthy, deplorable, suffering, scurvy, scummy, worthless, ugly, woeful, measly, paltry, execrable, despicable, lowAntonyms:
comfortable, good, comfy, happy, superior, fortunatemiserable, suffering, wretchedadjective
very unhappy; full of misery
"he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
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low-down, pitiable, pathetic, piteous, abject, vile, misfortunate, poor, pitiful, hapless, slimy, miserable, unworthy, deplorable, suffering, scurvy, scummy, worthless, ugly, woeful, measly, paltry, execrable, despicable, lowAntonyms:
comfortable, good, superior, fortunate, comfy, happydespicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretchedadjective
morally reprehensible
"would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
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frightful, queasy, offensive, pitiable, pathetic, nauseating, piteous, vile, loathsome, misfortunate, suffering, miserable, pitiful, hapless, horrible, worthless, unworthy, nauseous, slimy, undeserving, horrifying, atrocious, deplorable, sickening, ugly, woeful, noisome, poor, execrable, despicable, slimed, surlyAntonyms:
comfy, fortunate, good, comfortable, superior, happyhapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretchedadjective
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"
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ridiculous, paltry, deplorable, scummy, woeful, slimy, execrable, suffering, scurvy, vile, low-down, despicable, inadequate, low, miserable, worthless, sad, piteous, hapless, lamentable, misfortunate, pitiable, distressing, measly, poor, pathetic, short, silly, sorry, pitiful, abject, unworthy, uglyAntonyms:
superior, comfy, happy, fortunate, good, comfortable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
wretchedadjective
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unhappy (on account outward condition), MISERABLE, forlorn, comfortless, woebegone, afflicted, distressedwretchedadjective
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calamitous, afflictive, afflicting, deplorablewretchedadjective
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bad, poor, vile sorry, shabby, pitiful, worthless, paltry, contemptible, shocking
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
wretchedadjective
Synonyms:
miserable, unhappy, contemptible, abject, despicable, paltry
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List of paraphrases for "wretched":
miserable, unfortunate, measly, deplorable, squalid, lousy, unhappy, pathetic, damned, pitiful, sad, misery, lamentable
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How to use wretched in a sentence?
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain.
Most people die at the last minute others 20 years beforehand, some even earlier. They are the wretched of the earth.
My first few weeks in America are always miserable, because the tastes I am cursed with are all of a kind that cannot be gratified here, and I am not enough in sympathy with our gross public to make up for the lack on the aesthetic side. One's friends are delightful; but we are none of us Americans, we don't think or feel as the Americans do, we are the wretched exotics produced in a European glass-house, the most displaced and useless class on earth!
It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it but the young know they are wretched for they are full of the truthless ideal which have been instilled into them, and each time they come in contact with the real, they are bruised and wounded.
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
Translations for wretched
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- wertlos, miserabel, erbärmlich, sehr schlechtGerman
- άθλιοςGreek
- aĉaEsperanto
- desdichadoSpanish
- õnnetu, väärtusetu, kasutuEstonian
- onneton, riivattu, viheliäinen, kurja, pahainen, surkeaFinnish
- misérableFrench
- դժբախտArmenian
- 悲惨なJapanese
- ellendigDutch
- elendigNorwegian
- nenorocitRomanian
- несчастный, жалкийRussian
- ngratëAlbanian
- கேடுகெட்டTamil
- దౌర్భాగ్యమైనTelugu
- อนาถThai
- berbatTurkish
- צאָרעדיקYiddish
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