All 10 Uses
wretched
in
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
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- I felt better when I had taken my hat off, and my wretched little fur, and thrown them both beside my gloves and my bag on to the window-seat.†
Chpt 7 *wretched = miserable or very bad
- His face was white, and his eyes strained and wretched with that dark lost look they had had when I first met him.†
Chpt 10
- I'm fond of walking,' I added, as a wretched anticlimax.†
Chpt 11
- I rubbed a little rouge on my cheeks in a wretched attempt to give myself colour.†
Chpt 15
- The whole thing had been so wretched and awkward for Beatrice.†
Chpt 15
- There was nothing brave or fine about it, it was a wretched tribute to convention.†
Chpt 18
- Dear, wretched Frank, who had not understood, who had always thought we were the normal happy married couple we pretended to be.†
Chpt 20
- No, what bothers me is the wretched publicity of the affair.†
Chpt 21
- So unfortunate that wretched ship going ashore there,' said Colonel Julyan, 'but for that the whole matter would have rested in peace.†
Chpt 21
- Then once the wretched thing is over we shall forget all about it, and so will everyone else, won't they, Frank?'†
Chpt 22
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)