All 13 Uses
wretched
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Red Queen
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- The Silvers don't bat an eye at any of it, complaining about the "wretched conditions."†
p. 5.7 *wretched = miserable or very bad
- I'll give them a wretched condition, if I ever have the chance.†
p. 5.7
- Of course, the second I move next to the door, the wretched black-eyed patriarch slaps the button on his table.†
p. 58.7
- A wretched, embarrassing sound escapes my mouth as I search for something to say, but I'm honestly speechless.†
p. 84.9
- I'm Mareena, not Mare, and I have to support my queen and her wretched words.†
p. 135.4
- Like the wretched coward that I am, I run.†
p. 141.1
- Maven follows her wretched gaze and notes the paper in my shaking hand.†
p. 291.9
- Maven wonders aloud, his eyes sweeping over the wretched cage.†
p. 308.9
- When the doors to the palace open to us, a wretched scream twists through the long marbled passages.†
p. 318.3
- It is a wretched sound, one I never want to hear again.†
p. 336.2
- "It's not you," Tiberias says, his eyes on Cal's wretched face.†
p. 341.1
- Even though his abilities are far away, suppressed by these wretched walls, an inferno rages in his eyes.†
p. 348.4
- Now I shake and shiver, wanting to run away, but my wretched pride, the only thing I have left, won't even allow that.†
p. 357.2
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)