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Definition

very bad

in 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."

The children were taken into protective custody due to their wretched living conditions.

wretched = miserable

wretched = very bad

wretched = unfortunate or miserable

Does this mean we have to go the whole wretched way on foot again?
Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart

wretched = miserable

One or two tried to make friends with him, but he was too tired and too wretched to accept their advances.
W. Somerset Maugham -- Of Human Bondage

wretched = miserable

It was wretched weather; stormy and wet, stormy and wet; and mud, mud, mud, deep in all the streets.
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations

wretched = miserable

She did not mean to hide in the wardrobe, because she knew that would only set the others talking again about the whole wretched business.
C.S. Lewis -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

wretched = unfortunate or miserable

From the foldings of its robe, it brought two children; wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable.
Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol

wretched = unfortunate or miserable

wretched = miserable

I sat there numb with horror. Wretched with helplessness. And I listened as Rosemary told them she would prefer to inject herself. Then she did so. I didn't watch. I looked away.
Lois Lowry -- The Giver

wretched = miserable

It made him remember things, and he became so wretched that he was ill.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King

wretched = miserable

Then Tirian rushed upon the wretched creature, picked it up by the scruff of the neck,
C.S. Lewis -- The Last Battle

wretched = bad

wretched = unfortunate and miserable

At this result Mr. Covey seemed to be highly pleased, both with the man and the wretched woman.
Frederick Douglass -- The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

wretched = person of bad character

...the wretched boy was being sucked closer and closer towards the mouth of one of the great pipes that was dangling down into the river.
Roald Dahl -- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

wretched = unfortunate

Why, O why did I ever bring a wretched little hobbit on a treasure hunt!
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Hobbit

wretched = miserable

wretched = unfortunate

Miserable himself that he may render no other wretched, he ought to die.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

wretched = miserable

Hear him not; call on the names of William, Justine, Clerval, Elizabeth, my father, and of the wretched Victor, and thrust your sword into his heart.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

wretched = miserable

With new courage, therefore, I pressed on, and in two days arrived at a wretched hamlet on the seashore.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

wretched = miserable

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