All 7 Uses of
wretched
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- I must admit that I was rather annoyed at the idea of seeing Shakespeare done in such a wretched hole of a place.†
Chpt 4 *
- If you had married this girl you would have been wretched.†
Chpt 8
- If a wretched man has a vice, it shows itself in the lines of his mouth, the droop of his eyelids, the moulding of his hands even.†
Chpt 12
- There was that wretched boy in the Guards who committed suicide.†
Chpt 12
- The paints I used had some wretched mineral poison in them.†
Chpt 13
- The wretched peasant who has just died is better off than I am.†
Chpt 18
- Well, the fact of having met you, and loved you, will teach her to despise her husband, and she will be wretched.†
Chpt 19
Definition:
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(wretched) very badin various senses, including:
- unfortunate or miserable -- as in "wretched prisoners sleeping on the cold floor"
- of poor quality -- as in "wretched roads"
- morally bad -- as in "The wretched woman stole his wallet."