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Definition of Wretched
Wretched

Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.

Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.

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Wretched Quotations

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.
Blaise Pascal

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
Samuel Johnson

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.
Samuel Butler

Wretched Translations

wretched in Dutch is belabberd, ellendig, miserabel
wretched in German is elend
wretched in Hungarian is boldogtalan, nyamvadt
wretched in Latin is miserabilis, miser
wretched in Spanish is infeliz
wretched in Swedish is usel, olycklig, miserabel

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