| ADJECTIVE | all | wretched, deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful | of very poor quality or condition |
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| all | wretched, miserable | characterized by physical misery | |
| all | wretched, miserable, suffering | very unhappy | |
| all | wretched, despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless | morally reprehensible | |
| all | wretched, hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor | deserving or inciting pity |
| Sounds | reh'chihd | |
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| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... | |
| Meaning | Of very poor quality or condition. | |
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| Synonyms | deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful | |
| Broader | inferior | Of low or inferior quality |
| Spanish | deplorable, execrable, lamentable, miserable, mísero, penoso | |
| Catalan | deplorable, lamentable, miserable, penós | |
| Nouns | wretchedness | the quality of being poor / poor and inferior and sorry |
| Meaning | Characterized by physical misery. | |
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| Example | "spent a wretched night on the floor" | |
| Synonym | miserable | |
| Broader | uncomfortable | Providing or experiencing physical discomfort |
| Spanish | desdichado, desgraciado | |
| Catalan | desgraciat | |
| Nouns | wretchedness | the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant |
| Meaning | Very unhappy; full of misery. | |
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| Example | "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" | |
| Synonyms | miserable, suffering | |
| Broader | unhappy | Experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent |
| Spanish | desdichado, desgraciado, miserable, mísero | |
| Catalan | desgraciat, míser, miserable | |
| Nouns | wretchedness | a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune |
| Meaning | morally reprehensible. | |
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| Synonyms | despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless | |
| Broader | evil | morally bad or wrong |
| Spanish | bajo, desdeñable, despreciable, ruin, vil | |
| Catalan | baix, menyspreable, roí, vil | |
| Meaning | deserving or inciting pity. | |
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| Example | "a wretched life" | |
| Synonyms | hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor | |
| Broader | unfortunate | not favored by fortune |
| Spanish | cuitado, desafortunado, desdichado, desgraciado, desventurado, infeliz, infortunado, lastimoso, miserable, mísero, pobre, triste | |
| Catalan | desafortunat, desgraciat, desventurat, dissortat, infeliç, llastimós, miserable, pobre, trist | |
| Nouns | wretchedness | a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune |
| Adverbs | wretchedly | in a wretched manner |
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