wretched - Meaning in Tamil

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wretched - Meaning in Tamil

wretched Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of wretched in English

wretched adjective

1. characterized by physical misery

   Synonyms

   miserable

   Examples

   • "a wet miserable weekend"
   • "spent a wretched night on the floor"
2. deserving or inciting pity

   Synonyms

   hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor

   Examples

   • "a hapless victim"
   • "a pitiful fate"
   • "a wretched life"
   • "his poor distorted limbs"
   • "miserable victims of war"
   • "Oh, you poor thing"
   • "piteous appeals for help"
   • "pitiable homeless children"
   • "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"
3. morally reprehensible

   Synonyms

   despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, vile, worthless

   Examples

   • "a slimy little liar"
   • "the vile development of slavery appalled them"
   • "ugly crimes"
   • "would do something as despicable as murder"
4. very unhappy; full of misery

   Synonyms

   miserable, suffering

   Examples

   • "a message of hope for suffering humanity"
   • "he felt depressed and miserable"
   • "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
5. of very poor quality or condition

   Synonyms

   deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful

   Examples

   • "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"
   • "woeful errors of judgment"
   • "woeful treatment of the accused"

Synonyms of wretched

• miserable
• hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor
• despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless
• miserable, suffering
• deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful

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