OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 15718

wretched

/ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
desgraciado • infeliz • mísero
Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable.
From thence they came, / VVhere, in the next VVard, a most vvretched band / Groan'd underneath the bitter tyranny / Of a fierce Dæmon; […]
I felt wretched after my wife died.