Both Uses
wretched
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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- It must be those wretched gipsies in the plantation.'†
Chpt 8 *wretched = miserable or very bad
- A search was made at once not only of his person but of his room and of every portion of the house where he could possibly have concealed the gems; but no trace of them could be found, nor would the wretched boy open his mouth for all our persuasions and our threats.†
Chpt 11
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)