Synonyms for Wretched

Synonyms for "wretched" (252 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (51)

Adjective(9 words)

deplorable despicable miserable pitiful vile abject alas contemptible depraved

abject abominable adverse affecting afflicted afflictive antagonistic arrant atrocious awful bad base beastly beggarlybeneath contemptbitter blameworthy bleak broken-hearted brutal

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cheap cheerless cheesy comfortless common conflicting contemptible contrary counter counteractive crummy crushedcut updebased deep-troubled degraded deplorable depraved depressing depressive desolate

Adjective(1 words)

bad

Strong matches (75)

despairing desperate despicable despondent detestable detrimental difficult dire dirty discomforting disconsolate discontented disgusting dismal dismaying distressful distressing doleful dolorific dolorogenic

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Adjective(2 words)

execrable hapless

Adjective(1 words)

insignificant

Related words (126)

melancholy meretricious mirthless miscreant miserable monstrous mournful moving nasty nefarious noisomenot easynotorious obnoxious odious offensive opposed opposing opposite oppressive

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Adjective(16 words)

misfortunate nefarious pathetic piteous pitiable pity poor shame slimy sorriest suffering ugh ugly unworthy woeful worthless

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

6 entries

ethical qualityexclamation expressionmoral judgmentnegative evaluationqualitative descriptor

More specific

10 entries

abject povertycondemnatory exclamationdeplorable statedespicable conductlamentful exclamationmiserable conditionmoral condemnation exclamationnefarious deedpolicy critique exclamationvile act

Collocations

8 entries

wretched conditionwretched daywretched performancewretched plightwretched policywretched povertywretched statewretched weather

Inflections

2 entries

more wretchedmost wretched

Derivations

2 entries

wretchedly wretchedness

similar

5 entries

evil inferior uncomfortable unfortunate unhappy

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The family lived a wretched life during the war.

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He lived a wretched life when young.

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They live in a wretched little house.

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New lovers are wretched company.

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