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| Date: | 1100-1200 |
| Origin: | wretch |
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wretch‧ed
1 someone who is wretched is very unhappy or ill, and you feel sorry for them : the poor, wretched girl
the poor, wretched girl2 if you feel wretched, you feel guilty and unhappy because of something bad that you have done : Guy felt wretched about it now.
Guy felt wretched about it now.3 [only before noun] making you feel annoyed or angry : Where is that wretched boy?
Where is that wretched boy?4 literary extremely bad or unpleasant [= miserable]: I was shocked to see their wretched living conditions.
I was shocked to see their wretched living conditions. —wretchedly adverb
—wretchedness noun [uncountable]
