All 3 Uses of
wretched
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- At first, we feared we were lost as we found ourselves in a misty wood where many lost spirits, those poor, wandering, wretched souls, asked us for help, but there was naught we could do for them yet.†
Chpt 13wretched = miserable or very bad
- I'd enjoy her comeuppance a bit more if I weren't feeling so completely wretched.†
Chpt 14 *
- Gemma, I cannot stay forever, else I could be trapped like one of those wretched lost spirits who never complete their soul's task.†
Chpt 24
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."