| 单词 | wretched |
| 释义 | wretched —wretchedly, adv. —wretchedness, n. /rech"id/, adj., wretcheder, wretchedest. 1. very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable. 2. characterized by or attended with misery and sorrow. 3. despicable, contemptible, or mean: a wretched miser. 4. poor, sorry, or pitiful; worthless: a wretched job of sewing. [1150-1200; ME wrecchede. See WRETCH, -ED3] Syn. 1. dejected, distressed, afflicted, woeful, woebegone, forlorn, unhappy. 2. WRETCHED, MISERABLE, SORRY refer to that which is unhappy, afflicted, or distressed. WRETCHED refers to a condition of extreme affliction or distress, esp. as outwardly apparent: wretched hovels. MISERABLE refers more to the inward feeling of unhappiness or distress: a miserable life. SORRY applies to distressed, often poverty-stricken outward circumstances; but it has connotations of unworthiness, incongruousness, or the like, so that the beholder feels more contempt than pity: in a sorry plight. 3. base, vile. |
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