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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."
- But deep in his heart there was something that restrained him: he could not strike this thing lying in the dust, forlorn, ruinous, utterly wretched.6.3 — Book 6 Chapter 3 — Mount Doom (79% in)
- As the wretched pair passed by the company they came to the hobbits, and Saruman stopped and stared at them; but they looked at him with pity.6.6 — Book 6 Chapter 6 — Many Partings (68% in)
There are no more uses of "wretched" in The Return of the King.
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