All 4 Uses of
wretched
in
Candide
- What will it avail me to spin out my wretched days and drag them far from her in remorse and despair?†
Chpt 16 *
- Dogs, monkeys, and parrots are a thousand times less wretched than I. The Dutch fetiches, who have converted me, declare every Sunday that we are all of us children of Adam—blacks as well as whites.†
Chpt 19
- We must allow that the others were at least as wretched as he; but Candide hoped that the philosopher would entertain him during the voyage.†
Chpt 19
- The surgeon was one of the ugliest of men, and I the most wretched of women, to be continually beaten for a man I did not love.†
Chpt 24
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."