Wrĕtch'ed, a.
(rĕtch'ed, 60), a. 1. Very miserable; sunk in deep affliction or distress, either from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; very afflicting. “To what wretched state reserved!” Milton. O cruel Death! to those you are more kind Than to the wretched mortals left behind. Waller.
- Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.
- Hatefully vile and contemptible; despicable; wicked. [Obs.] “Wretched ungratefulness.” Sidney.
Nero reigned after this Claudius, of all men wretchedest, ready to all manner [of] vices. Copgrave.