All 6 Uses
wretched
in
The Girl on the Train
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- I lived at number twenty-three Blenheim Road for five years, blissfully happy and utterly wretched.†
p. 7.9wretched = miserable or very bad
- I felt wretched then.†
p. 147.6
- The words catch, and I feel wretched for doubting him.†
p. 160.9
- He hangs his head, wretched.†
p. 195.2 *
- I feel wretched.†
p. 197.9
- The sound of my name on his lips makes my stomach flip, and I feel wretched.†
p. 232.1
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)