WRETCHED, a. 1. Very miserable; sunk into deep affliction or distress, either from want, anxiety or grief.The wretched find no friends.2. Calamitous; very afflicting; as the wretched condition of slaves in Algiers.3. Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; as a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.4. Despicable; hatefully vile and contemptible. He was guilty of wretched ingratitude.
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