| 单词 | wretched |
| 释义 | wretched (once / 179 pages) adj The fairy tale Cinderella gives us many examples of uses for the word wretched. Poor Cinderella had a wretched childhood, living in wretched conditions with a wretched stepmother. It would be enough to make anyone feel wretched, or absolutely terrible. Wretched is an all-around unhappy word. If you're very ill, heartbroken, or riddled with guilt, you may feel wretched. This word is also used to describe awful living conditions. If your cabin at sleep-away camp is freezing cold and rat-infested, you could describe it as wretched. And if you truly don't like someone, you might call that person wretched — though maybe not to his or her face. WORD FAMILYwretched: wretcheder, wretchedest, wretchedly, wretchedness+/wretchedness: wretchednesses USAGE EXAMPLESShe details the wretched behavior of those uncles, all sons of the famously mad King George III, who gradually cleared a path for her. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) Brazil’s wretched year got worse on November 28th when a chartered plane crashed into muddy slopes near Medellín, Colombia’s second-biggest city. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) An estimated quarter-million people are trapped in wretched conditions in rebel-held eastern Aleppo since the government sealed its siege of the enclave in late August. Seattle Times(Nov 27, 2016) 1adj deserving or inciting pity a wretched life Syn hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor unfortunate not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune 2adj characterized by physical misery spent a wretched night on the floor Syn miserable uncomfortable providing or experiencing physical discomfort 3adj very unhappy; full of misery wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages Syn miserable, suffering unhappy experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent 4adj morally reprehensible Syn despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless evil morally bad or wrong 5adj of very poor quality or condition Syn deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful inferior of low or inferior quality |
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