All 9 Uses of
wretched
in
The Hobbit
- "Seems to know as much about the inside of my larders as I do myself!" thought Mr. Baggins, who was feeling positively flummoxed, and was beginning to wonder whether a most wretched adventure had not come right into his house.†
Chpt 1
- One thing he did make his mind up about was not to bother to get up very early and cook everybody else's wretched breakfast.†
Chpt 1
- Why, O why did I ever bring a wretched little hobbit on a treasure hunt!
Chpt 4 *wretched = miserable
- Not far away was his island, of which Bilbo knew nothing, and there in his hiding-place he kept a few wretched oddments, and one very beautiful thing, very beautiful, very wonderful.†
Chpt 5
- Bilbo could not guess what had maddened the wretched creature, but he saw that all was up, and that Gollum meant to murder him at any rate.†
Chpt 5
- If he cut the string which hung him up, the wretched dwarf would tumble thump to the ground a good way below.†
Chpt 8
- This is the dreariest and dullest part of all this wretched, tiresome, uncomfortable adventure!†
Chpt 9
- Thorin was too wretched to be angry any longer at his misfortunes, and was even beginning to think of telling the king all about his treasure and his quest (which shows how low-spirited he had become), when he heard Bilbo's little voice at his keyhole.†
Chpt 9
- I would rather old Smaug had been left with all the wretched treasure, than that these vile creatures should get it, and poor old Bombur, and Balin and Fili and Kili and all the rest come to a bad end; and Bard too, and the Lake-men and the merry elves.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(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."