All 5 Uses of
wretched
in
Medea, by Euripides (translated by: G. Theodoridis)
- Come Hades and cut down this wretched life of mine!†
*wretched = miserable or very bad
- Curse your wretched, abominable house!†
- Come Hades and cut down this wretched life of mine!†
- Or shall I go to the poor wretched daughters of Pelias?†
- I hope the man who does not honour his friends, the man who does not open an honest heart to them, I hope that man dies a wretched and miserable death.†
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."