英语词汇“wretched”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

wretched

/ˈrɛtʃɪd

adjective (wretcheder, wretchedest)

1(Of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state: I felt so wretched because I thought I might never see you again...

But he doesn't make you think that the people were a poor, wretched mass of unwashed humanity.
You aren't the complicated villain nor the wretched hero.
Harry's wretched past revisits him vividly, trailing behind it issues of betrayal, death, punishment and revenge.

Synonyms

miserable, unhappy, sad, broken-hearted, heartbroken, grief-stricken, grieving, sorrowful, sorrowing, mourning, anguished, distressed, desolate, devastated, despairing, inconsolable, disconsolate, downcast, down, downhearted, dejected, crestfallen, cheerless, depressed, melancholy, morose, gloomy, glum, mournful, doleful, dismal, forlorn, woeful, woebegone, abject, low-spirited, long-faced

informal blue, down in the mouth, down in the dumps, choked, cut up

British informal gutted

literary dolorous

archaic chap-fallen

unfortunate, unlucky, luckless, down on one's luck, ill-starred, star-crossed, damned, blighted, hapless, poor, pitiable, distressed, downtrodden, oppressed, powerless, helpless

1.1Of poor quality; very bad: the wretched conditions of the slums...

They lived in tenements and shanties of poor repair with wretched sanitary conditions.
His son, Seebohm, had done more than anyone to expose the wretched living conditions of the poor in his 1901 treatise on the slums of York.
Three times the tie has been called off by wretched weather, but all the signs indicate the game at Netherfield Road will at last be played tonight at the fourth time of asking.

Synonyms

harsh, hard, grim, stark, difficult;

poor, poverty-stricken, run down, down at heel, impoverished;

pitiful, piteous, pathetic, tragic, miserable, bleak, cheerless, hopeless, sorry, sordid, shabby, seedy, dilapidated, shoddy, godforsaken

informal scummy, crummy

British informal grotty

terrible, awful, dire, dreadful, atrocious, unspeakable, dismal, bad, poor, lamentable, deplorable, unsatisfactory, substandard, low-quality, inferior

informal yucky, God-awful

British informal beastly, pants, a load of pants

1.2Used to express anger or annoyance: she disliked the wretched man intensely...

The development will be seen as evidence of the wretched luck which has dogged the Holyrood project.
I fear the worst is yet to come, for now she has brought Father into the wretched business.
I plopped onto the couch and that wretched dog hopped up next to me and began to bark.

Synonyms

despicable, contemptible, beyond contempt, reprehensible, base, low, vile, mean, scurvy, abominable, loathsome, hateful, detestable, odious, disreputable, depraved, debased, infamous, villainous, ignoble, shameful, shabby, worthless

informal dirty, filthy, dirty rotten, rotten, low-down, no-good, lousy

British informal beastly

informal damn, damned, blasted, blessed, flaming, precious, confounded, rotten

British informal flipping, blinking, blooming, blimming, bloody, bleeding, effing, naffing, chuffing

North American informal goddam

Australian/New Zealand informal plurry

British informal, dated bally, ruddy, deuced

vulgar slang fucking, frigging

British vulgar slang sodding

Irish vulgar slang fecking

Derivatives

wretchedly

/ˈrɛtʃɪdli

/ adverb

[as submodifier]: a wretchedly poor country...

Michele's village is obviously and wretchedly poor.
I felt wretchedly horrible and I really did believe it was partly my fault Will was here in the hospital and he was paralysed.
But it stressed that, despite the improvement, the amount fell wretchedly short of what was needed - and warned that some countries had been so crippled by the pandemic that they risked instability.

wretchedness

/ˈrɛtʃɪdnəs

/ noun ...

But, he failed to mention that, with that knowledge comes misery and wretchedness, pain and suffering.
But the statistics alone, as horrifying as they are, hardly convey the trauma, pain and wretchedness of the victims.
On visits to the West of Ireland in 1847 he saw scenes of such misery and wretchedness that ‘might have driven a wise man mad.’

Origin

Middle English: formed irregularly from wretch + -ed¹.

单词	wretched
释义	wretched /ˈrɛtʃɪd / adjective (wretcheder, wretchedest) 1(Of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state: I felt so wretched because I thought I might never see you again... But he doesn't make you think that the people were a poor, wretched mass of unwashed humanity. You aren't the complicated villain nor the wretched hero. Harry's wretched past revisits him vividly, trailing behind it issues of betrayal, death, punishment and revenge. Synonyms miserable, unhappy, sad, broken-hearted, heartbroken, grief-stricken, grieving, sorrowful, sorrowing, mourning, anguished, distressed, desolate, devastated, despairing, inconsolable, disconsolate, downcast, down, downhearted, dejected, crestfallen, cheerless, depressed, melancholy, morose, gloomy, glum, mournful, doleful, dismal, forlorn, woeful, woebegone, abject, low-spirited, long-faced informal blue, down in the mouth, down in the dumps, choked, cut up British informal gutted literary dolorous archaic chap-fallen unfortunate, unlucky, luckless, down on one's luck, ill-starred, star-crossed, damned, blighted, hapless, poor, pitiable, distressed, downtrodden, oppressed, powerless, helpless 1.1Of poor quality; very bad: the wretched conditions of the slums... They lived in tenements and shanties of poor repair with wretched sanitary conditions. His son, Seebohm, had done more than anyone to expose the wretched living conditions of the poor in his 1901 treatise on the slums of York. Three times the tie has been called off by wretched weather, but all the signs indicate the game at Netherfield Road will at last be played tonight at the fourth time of asking. Synonyms harsh, hard, grim, stark, difficult; poor, poverty-stricken, run down, down at heel, impoverished; pitiful, piteous, pathetic, tragic, miserable, bleak, cheerless, hopeless, sorry, sordid, shabby, seedy, dilapidated, shoddy, godforsaken informal scummy, crummy British informal grotty terrible, awful, dire, dreadful, atrocious, unspeakable, dismal, bad, poor, lamentable, deplorable, unsatisfactory, substandard, low-quality, inferior informal yucky, God-awful British informal beastly, pants, a load of pants 1.2Used to express anger or annoyance: she disliked the wretched man intensely... The development will be seen as evidence of the wretched luck which has dogged the Holyrood project. I fear the worst is yet to come, for now she has brought Father into the wretched business. I plopped onto the couch and that wretched dog hopped up next to me and began to bark. Synonyms despicable, contemptible, beyond contempt, reprehensible, base, low, vile, mean, scurvy, abominable, loathsome, hateful, detestable, odious, disreputable, depraved, debased, infamous, villainous, ignoble, shameful, shabby, worthless informal dirty, filthy, dirty rotten, rotten, low-down, no-good, lousy British informal beastly informal damn, damned, blasted, blessed, flaming, precious, confounded, rotten British informal flipping, blinking, blooming, blimming, bloody, bleeding, effing, naffing, chuffing North American informal goddam Australian/New Zealand informal plurry British informal, dated bally, ruddy, deuced vulgar slang fucking, frigging British vulgar slang sodding Irish vulgar slang fecking Derivatives wretchedly /ˈrɛtʃɪdli / adverb [as submodifier]: a wretchedly poor country... Michele's village is obviously and wretchedly poor. I felt wretchedly horrible and I really did believe it was partly my fault Will was here in the hospital and he was paralysed. But it stressed that, despite the improvement, the amount fell wretchedly short of what was needed - and warned that some countries had been so crippled by the pandemic that they risked instability. wretchedness /ˈrɛtʃɪdnəs / noun ... But, he failed to mention that, with that knowledge comes misery and wretchedness, pain and suffering. But the statistics alone, as horrifying as they are, hardly convey the trauma, pain and wretchedness of the victims. On visits to the West of Ireland in 1847 he saw scenes of such misery and wretchedness that ‘might have driven a wise man mad.’ Origin Middle English: formed irregularly from wretch + -ed¹.
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