All 8 Uses
wretched
in
Wuthering Heights
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- 'Wretched inmates!'†
p. 5.8 *wretched = miserable or very bad
- I cannot say why I felt so wildly wretched: it must have been temporary derangement; for there is scarcely cause.†
p. 91.4
- I do hate him — I am wretched — I have been a fool!†
p. 106.2
- I loved her long ago, and was wretched to lose her; but it is past.†
p. 115.8
- Now, that she's dead, I see her in Hindley: Hindley has exactly her eyes, if you had not tried to gouge them out, and made them black and red; and her — " ' "Get up, wretched idiot, before I stamp you to death!" he cried, making a movement that caused me to make one also.†
p. 132.4
- It was not to amuse myself that I went: I was often wretched all the time.†
p. 179.5
- I'm so wretched, you can't help being sorry and pitying me.'†
p. 200.5
- I inquired, perceiving that the wretched creature had no power to sympathize with his cousin's mental tortures.†
p. 203.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(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."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)