Definition of Wretched

Adjective: wretched (wretcheder,wretchedest) re-chid

Of very poor quality or condition
"wretched housing conditions in the inner city";
- deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful
Characterized by physical misery
"spent a wretched night on the floor";
- miserable
Very unhappy; full of misery
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages";
- miserable, suffering
Morally reprehensible
"would do something as wretched as murder";
- despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless
Deserving or inciting pity
"a wretched life";
- hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor