Both Uses of
wretched
in
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- And she'll have my tail cut off, and my horns sawn off, and my beard plucked out, and she'll wave her wand over my beautiful cloven hoofs and turn them into horrid solid hoofs like a wretched horse's.†
p. 21.7wretched = miserable or very bad
- 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.
p. 28.7 *wretched = unfortunate or miserable
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."