ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsW–Zwretched
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wretched
Meaning: extremely unfortunate, unhappy, or in a pitiful condition
wretched in a sentence
How wretched is used in real sentences:
After losing his luggage and missing his flight, he felt utterly awful by midnight.
Survivors described wretched conditions in the flooded shelter, with no dry blankets or warm food for days.
“By then, the enclosed marsh looked wretched, with cracked peat, stagnant ditches, and grasses too sparse to shelter nesting birds.”
— from the passage When the Water Returned
Synonyms for wretched
Other words for wretched — miserable, pitiful and forlorn — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of wretched
Words that mean the opposite of wretched:
- fortunate
- content
Where it comes from
From Old English wrecca 'exile, outcast'
Memory hook
WRETCHED sounds like WRECKED — a wretched state feels totally wrecked.