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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."
- I have been quite wretched without you.Chapter 8 (62% in)
- Thou—whomsoever thou mayst be, into whose hands these memoirs of the wretched Matilda may fall'—when your lamp suddenly expires in the socket, and leaves you in total darkness."Chapter 20 (73% in)
- Anne Mitchell had tried to put on a turban like mine, as I wore it the week before at the concert, but made wretched work of it—it happened to become my odd face, I believe, at least Tilney told me so at the time, and said every eye was upon me; but he is the last man whose word I would take.Chapter 27 (51% in)
- CHAPTER 29 Catherine was too wretched to be fearful.Chapter 29 (0% in)
There are no more uses of "wretched" in Northanger Abbey.
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