All 9 Uses
wretched
in
The Life and Death of King Richard III
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- More direful hap betide that hated wretch That makes us wretched by the death of thee, Than I can wish to adders, spiders, toads, Or any creeping venom'd thing that lives!†
Scene 1.2wretched = miserable or very bad
- Thyself a queen, for me that was a queen, Outlive thy glory, like my wretched self!†
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- God grant that some, less noble and less loyal, Nearer in bloody thoughts, an not in blood, Deserve not worse than wretched Clarence did, And yet go current from suspicion!†
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- Good faith, good faith, the saying did not hold In him that did object the same to thee: He was the wretched'st thing when he was young, So long a growing and so leisurely, That, if his rule were true, he should be gracious.†
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- O Margaret, Margaret, now thy heavy curse Is lighted on poor Hastings' wretched head!†
Scene 3.4
- I prophesy the fearfull'st time to thee That ever wretched age hath look'd upon.†
Scene 3.4
- —Withdraw thee, wretched Margaret: who comes here?†
Scene 4.4
- The wretched, bloody, and usurping boar That spoil'd your summer fields and fruitful vines, Swills your warm blood like wash, and makes his trough In your embowell'd bosoms,—this foul swine Lies now even in the centre of this isle, Near to the town of Leicester, as we learn: From Tamworth thither is but one day's march.†
Scene 5.2
- Richard, thy wife, that wretched Anne thy wife, That never slept a quiet hour with thee, Now fills thy sleep with perturbations: To-morrow in the battle think on me, And fall thy edgeless sword: despair and die!†
Scene 5.3
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)