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wretched |
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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