Grep  of  noun  wretched 
  wretchedness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  wretched 
 
  The  adj  wretched  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  deplorable,  execrable,  miserable,  woeful,  wretched  --  (of  very  poor  quality  or  condition;  "deplorable  housing  conditions  in  the  inner  city";  "woeful  treatment  of  the  accused";  "woeful  errors  of  judgment") 
  2.  (2)  miserable,  wretched  --  (characterized  by  physical  misery;  "a  wet  miserable  weekend";  "spent  a  wretched  night  on  the  floor") 
  3.  miserable,  suffering,  wretched  --  (very  unhappy;  full  of  misery;  "he  felt  depressed  and  miserable";  "a  message  of  hope  for  suffering  humanity";  "wretched  prisoners  huddled  in  stinking  cages") 
  4.  hapless,  miserable,  misfortunate,  pathetic,  piteous,  pitiable,  pitiful,  poor,  wretched  --  (deserving  or  inciting  pity;  "a  hapless  victim";  "miserable  victims  of  war";  "the  shabby  room  struck  her  as  extraordinarily  pathetic"-  Galsworthy  "piteous  appeals  for  help";  "pitiable  homeless  children";  "a  pitiful  fate";  "couldn't  rescue  the  poor  fellow";  "his  poor  distorted  limbs";  "a  wretched  life") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  wretched 
 
  4  senses  of  wretched 
 
  Sense  1 
  deplorable,  execrable,  miserable,  woeful,  wretched 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  inferior)  ->  superior 
 
  Sense  2 
  miserable,  wretched 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  uncomfortable)  ->  comfortable,  comfy 
 
  Sense  3 
  miserable,  suffering,  wretched 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unhappy)  ->  happy 
 
  Sense  4 
  hapless,  miserable,  misfortunate,  pathetic,  piteous,  pitiable,  pitiful,  poor,  wretched 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unfortunate)  ->  fortunate 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  wretched 
 
  4  senses  of  wretched 
 
  Sense  1 
  deplorable,  execrable,  miserable,  woeful,  wretched 
  =>  inferior  (vs.  superior) 
 
  Sense  2 
  miserable,  wretched 
  =>  uncomfortable  (vs.  comfortable) 
 
  Sense  3 
  miserable,  suffering,  wretched 
  =>  unhappy  (vs.  happy) 
 
  Sense  4 
  hapless,  miserable,  misfortunate,  pathetic,  piteous,  pitiable,  pitiful,  poor,  wretched 
  =>  unfortunate  (vs.  fortunate) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  wretched 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  wretched 
 
  wretched  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  wretched 
  wretched 
 
  Overview  of  adj  wretched 
 
  The  adj  wretched  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  deplorable,  execrable,  miserable,  woeful,  wretched  --  (of  very  poor  quality  or  condition;  "deplorable  housing  conditions  in  the  inner  city";  "woeful  treatment  of  the  accused";  "woeful  errors  of  judgment") 
  2.  (2)  miserable,  wretched  --  (characterized  by  physical  misery;  "a  wet  miserable  weekend";  "spent  a  wretched  night  on  the  floor") 
  3.  miserable,  suffering,  wretched  --  (very  unhappy;  full  of  misery;  "he  felt  depressed  and  miserable";  "a  message  of  hope  for  suffering  humanity";  "wretched  prisoners  huddled  in  stinking  cages") 
  4.  hapless,  miserable,  misfortunate,  pathetic,  piteous,  pitiable,  pitiful,  poor,  wretched  --  (deserving  or  inciting  pity;  "a  hapless  victim";  "miserable  victims  of  war";  "the  shabby  room  struck  her  as  extraordinarily  pathetic"-  Galsworthy  "piteous  appeals  for  help";  "pitiable  homeless  children";  "a  pitiful  fate";  "couldn't  rescue  the  poor  fellow";  "his  poor  distorted  limbs";  "a  wretched  life") 

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