Of conditions, etc.: = wretched, adj. 2. Obsolete.

Of conditions, etc.: Marked or distinguished by misery or unhappiness; attended by distress, discomfort, or sorrow.

Of a period, event, etc.: Miserable, illstarred, unhappy. Obsolete.

Full of misery; wretched.

Of a time, place, event, etc.: fraught with or marked by sorrow, distress, or misfortune; causing or evoking woe.

Miserable, wretched.

Pathetically unworthy, inadequate, or meagre; contemptible, despicable; paltry, mean.

Characterized by lack of happiness or consolation; miserable, sorrowful. Obsolete.

Fraught with or causing calamity; disastrous, distressful; full of distress, affliction, or misery.

Sad, woeful, lamentable.

Of an event, situation, etc.: fraught with or causing sorrow, distress, or misfortune. Chiefly with anticipatory it as subject. Cf. compounds 1. Now…

Characterized or attended by misfortune, calamity, vexation, or annoyance; unlucky, unfortunate, ill-starred. Of occurrences, enterprises, etc.