What is another word for wretched?
790 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈɛt͡ʃɪd], [ ɹˈɛtʃɪd], [ ɹ_ˈɛ_tʃ_ɪ_d]
"Wretched" is a word that indicates a state of misery, sadness, or despair. However, there are a variety of synonyms that can capture this feeling in different contexts. For example, "miserable" suggests deep unhappiness, while "dejected" indicates a sense of hopelessness or disappointment. "Forlorn" evokes a sense of abandonment or isolation, while "woebegone" implies a sorrowful appearance or demeanor. Other synonyms for "wretched" might include "dismal", "desolate", "sorrowful", "unhappy", and "pitiful". Ultimately, the best synonym will depend on the specific circumstances and the tone or context in which the word is being used.
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Similar words for wretched:
- bad (adjective)
- brokenhearted (adjective)
- dejected (adjective)
- deplorable (adjective)
- depressed (adjective)
- desolate (adjective)
- despicable (adjective)
- discontent (adjective)
- doleful (adjective)
- hapless (adjective)
- hopeless (adjective)
- humble (adjective)
- inferior (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- no-account (adjective)
- no-good (adjective)
- pitiful (adjective)
- scrubby (adjective)
- second-class (adjective)
- shamefaced (adjective)
- unappreciated (adjective)
- unworthy (adjective)
- woebegone (adjective)
- abject (adjective)
- abominable (adjective)
- base (adjective)
- contemptible (adjective)
- despairing (adjective)
- desperate (adjective)
- despondent (adjective)
- disconsolate (adjective)
- distressed (adjective)
- dolorous (adjective)
- dreary (adjective)
- forlorn (adjective)
- grungy (adjective)
- hangdog (adjective)
- ignoble (adjective)
- infelicitous (adjective)
- lamentable (adjective)
- low-grade (adjective)
- low-quality (adjective)
- miserable (adjective)
- paltry (adjective)
- pathetic (adjective)
- piteous (adjective)
- poor (adjective)
- poor; of or in inferior circumstances (adjective)
- ruthful (adjective)
- sad (adjective)
- shabby (adjective)
- sordid (adjective)
- sorrowful (adjective)
- squalid (adjective)
- thankless (adjective)
- tragic (adjective)
- uncomfortable (adjective)
- unfortunate (adjective)
- unhappy (adjective)
- vile (adjective)
- woeful (adjective)
- worthless (adjective)
- suffering (noun)
Synonyms for Wretched:
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adj.
• bad- arrant ,
- bad ,
- baneful ,
- black ,
- defective ,
- detrimental ,
- displeasing ,
- faulty ,
- ill-suited ,
- inadequate ,
- inadvisable ,
- invalid ,
- irremediable ,
- unfavorable ,
- unpleasant ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- unsound ,
- wrong .
- heartsore ,
- Grieved ,
- Prostrated ,
- crestfallen ,
- crushed ,
- disappointed ,
- grief-stricken ,
- heartbroken ,
- heartsick ,
- inconsolable ,
- mournful .
- Mopish ,
- all torn up ,
- atrabilious ,
- broody ,
- bummed out ,
- cast down ,
- down in dumps ,
- down in mouth ,
- down in the dumps ,
- in the pits ,
- shot down ,
- Dampened ,
- Dragged ,
- bleak ,
- clouded ,
- dashed ,
- discouraged ,
- disheartened ,
- dismal ,
- dispirited ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downhearted ,
- drooping ,
- droopy ,
- glum ,
- heavyhearted ,
- low-spirited ,
- moody ,
- mopey ,
- morose ,
- sagging .
- godawful ,
- afflictive ,
- blameworthy ,
- bummer ,
- dire ,
- disastrous ,
- distressing ,
- downer ,
- dreadful ,
- grievous ,
- heartbreaking ,
- heartrending ,
- horrifying ,
- intolerable ,
- opprobrious ,
- overwhelming ,
- regrettable ,
- sickening ,
- unbearable .
- acheronian ,
- in blue funk ,
- Companionless ,
- abandoned ,
- bereft ,
- blue ,
- comfortless ,
- forsaken ,
- funereal ,
- in a blue funk ,
- lonely ,
- lonesome ,
- lorn ,
- somber .
- anxious ,
- bored ,
- cheerless ,
- cross ,
- disapproving ,
- discomposed ,
- discontent ,
- disgruntled ,
- displeased ,
- disquieted ,
- dissatisfied ,
- dissident ,
- exasperated ,
- fed up ,
- frustrated ,
- gloomy ,
- irreconcilable ,
- irritated ,
- joyless ,
- malcontent ,
- non-satisfied ,
- restless ,
- sour ,
- teed off ,
- ticked off ,
- uneasy ,
- ungratified ,
- unhappy .
- behind the eightball ,
- hexed ,
- jonah ,
- poor fish ,
- snakebit ,
- voodooed ,
- Star-crossed ,
- ill-starred ,
- jinxed ,
- loser ,
- sad sack .
- atrocious ,
- beastly ,
- cursed ,
- grim ,
- hateful ,
- heinous ,
- hellish ,
- horrible ,
- horrid ,
- loathsome ,
- nauseating ,
- odious ,
- offensive ,
- repellent ,
- reprehensible ,
- repulsive ,
- revolting ,
- stinking ,
- terrible .
- coarse ,
- common ,
- corrupt ,
- depraved ,
- disgraceful ,
- disreputable ,
- grovelling ,
- immoral ,
- indelicate ,
- lowly ,
- menial ,
- plebeian ,
- scandalous ,
- shoddy ,
- sleazy ,
- trashy .
- beggarly ,
- crass ,
- degenerate ,
- detestable ,
- dirty ,
- heel ,
- ignominious ,
- lowest ,
- sad ,
- scummy .
- back the wall ,
- back to wall ,
- back wall ,
- in toilet ,
- more desponding ,
- more goner ,
- more irrecoverable ,
- more irretrievable ,
- more no chance ,
- more no way ,
- more no-chance ,
- more no-way ,
- more nochance ,
- more noway ,
- most desponding ,
- most goner ,
- most irrecoverable ,
- most irretrievable ,
- most no chance ,
- most no way ,
- most no-chance ,
- most no-way ,
- most nochance ,
- most noway ,
- no-chance ,
- nochance ,
- running out time ,
- up creek .
- bummedout ,
- castdown ,
- more bummed out ,
- more bummed-out ,
- more bummedout ,
- more cast down ,
- more cast-down ,
- more castdown ,
- more grieving ,
- more mourning ,
- most bummed out ,
- most bummed-out ,
- most bummedout ,
- most cast down ,
- most cast-down ,
- most castdown ,
- most grieving ,
- most mourning .
- de stroyed ,
- de-stroyed ,
- more ripped ,
- more torn up ,
- more torn-up ,
- more tornup ,
- most ripped ,
- most torn up ,
- most torn-up ,
- most tornup ,
- tornup .
- bundle nerves ,
- dis trait ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis-trait ,
- dis-tressed ,
- fidgety ,
- harassed ,
- in stew ,
- in tizzy ,
- miffed ,
- more bugged ,
- more exercised ,
- more harassed ,
- more hyper ,
- more saddened ,
- more spooked ,
- more tormented ,
- more unconsolable ,
- more unglued ,
- most bugged ,
- most exercised ,
- most harassed ,
- most hyper ,
- most saddened ,
- most spooked ,
- most tormented ,
- most unconsolable ,
- most unglued ,
- shaky ,
- shooker ,
- shookest ,
- un consolable ,
- un glued ,
- un-consolable ,
- un-glued ,
- up tight ,
- up wall ,
- up-tight ,
- worried .
- heart rending ,
- more dolesome ,
- more dolorific ,
- more heart rending ,
- more heart-rending ,
- most dolesome ,
- most dolorific ,
- most heart rending ,
- most heart-rending .
- de pressing ,
- de-pressing ,
- more depressive ,
- most depressive ,
- un eventful ,
- un interesting ,
- un-eventful ,
- un-interesting .
- cruddier ,
- cruddiest ,
- scuzzier ,
- scuzziest ,
- un clean ,
- un cleaner ,
- un cleanest ,
- un washed ,
- un-cleaner ,
- un-cleanest ,
- un-washed .
- conscience stricken ,
- consciencestricken ,
- more browbeaten ,
- more cowering ,
- most browbeaten ,
- most cowering .
- god awful ,
- more god awful ,
- more god-awful ,
- most god awful ,
- most god-awful ,
- un favorable ,
- un-favorable .
- Racked ,
- dis contented ,
- dis-contented ,
- more agonized ,
- more anguished ,
- more racked ,
- more suffering ,
- more tortured ,
- most agonized ,
- most anguished ,
- most discontented ,
- most racked ,
- most suffering ,
- most tortured ,
- on downer ,
- pained ,
- poverty stricken ,
- povertystricken ,
- wounded .
- in considerable ,
- in-considerable ,
- more derisory ,
- more unconsequential ,
- most derisory ,
- most unconsequential ,
- piddling ,
- un consequential ,
- un-consequential .
- more beseeching ,
- more entreating ,
- more imploring ,
- more supplicating ,
- most beseeching ,
- most entreating ,
- most imploring ,
- most supplicating .
- mean .
- dis composing ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis-composing ,
- dis-heartening ,
- more dejecting ,
- more discomposing ,
- more disheartening ,
- more saddening ,
- most dejecting ,
- most discomposing ,
- most disheartening ,
- most saddening ,
- tear jerking ,
- tearjerking ,
- up setting ,
- up-setting .
- be draggled ,
- be-draggled ,
- de generated ,
- de-generated ,
- dis figured ,
- dis-figured ,
- dog eared ,
- dogeared ,
- gone seed ,
- more degenerated ,
- more deteriorating ,
- more disfigured ,
- more dog eared ,
- more dog-eared ,
- more dogeared ,
- more frayed ,
- most degenerated ,
- most deteriorating ,
- most disfigured ,
- most dog eared ,
- most dog-eared ,
- most dogeared ,
- most frayed ,
- motheaten ,
- rickety .
- self seeking ,
- selfseeking ,
- slumer ,
- slumest ,
- slummiest ,
- small minded ,
- smallminded ,
- un cleanlier ,
- un cleanliest ,
- un cleanly ,
- un generous ,
- un-cleanlier ,
- un-cleanliest ,
- un-cleanly ,
- un-generous ,
- uncleanly .
- brokendown ,
- more reeking ,
- most reeking ,
- re eking ,
- re-eking ,
- un kempt ,
- un kempter ,
- un kemptest ,
- un-kempt ,
- un-kempter ,
- un-kemptest .
- dis agreeable ,
- dis tasteful ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-tasteful ,
- more unrecognized ,
- more unreturned ,
- more unrewarding ,
- most unrecognized ,
- most unreturned ,
- most unrewarding ,
- un grateful ,
- un pleasant ,
- un profitable ,
- un recognized ,
- un requited ,
- un returned ,
- un rewarding ,
- un-grateful ,
- un-pleasant ,
- un-recognized ,
- un-requited ,
- un-returned ,
- un-rewarding ,
- ungrateful ,
- unreturned .
- dis composed ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis-composed ,
- dis-quieted ,
- ill ease ,
- more chafed ,
- more discomfited ,
- more discomposed ,
- more disquieted ,
- more galled ,
- more vexed ,
- more wracked ,
- most chafed ,
- most discomfited ,
- most discomposed ,
- most disquieted ,
- most galled ,
- most vexed ,
- most wracked ,
- self conscious ,
- selfconscious ,
- un comfortable ,
- un easier ,
- un easiest ,
- un easy ,
- un-comfortable ,
- un-easier ,
- un-easiest .
- in appropriate ,
- in bad way ,
- in opportune ,
- in-appropriate ,
- in-opportune ,
- more shattered ,
- more unprosperous ,
- most shattered ,
- most unprosperous ,
- out luck ,
- un fortunate ,
- un propitious ,
- un prosperous ,
- un successful ,
- un suitable ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-prosperous ,
- un-successful ,
- un-suitable .
- mis fortunate ,
- mis-fortunate ,
- more misfortunate ,
- most misfortunate ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un-happier ,
- un-happiest ,
- un-happy .
- counter productive ,
- in consequential ,
- in effective ,
- in utile ,
- in-consequential ,
- in-effective ,
- in-utile ,
- more counterproductive ,
- more profitless ,
- most counterproductive ,
- most profitless ,
- profitless ,
- un availing ,
- un essential ,
- un productive ,
- un usable ,
- un-availing ,
- un-essential ,
- un-productive ,
- un-usable ,
- wastest .
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- cheap ,
- downright ,
- excruciating ,
- flimsy ,
- hopelessly ,
- sadly ,
- such as it is ,
- thorough ,
- unspeakable ,
- utter ,
- utterly ,
- weak .
Other synonyms:
- Despisable ,
- afflicted ,
- awful ,
- shabby .
- filthy .
- rotten .
Other relevant words:
• abject
• afflicted
• miserable
• sad
• Other relevant words (adjective):
- Commiserable ,
- Dolesome ,
- Dolorific ,
- Heeler ,
- Noway ,
- Unconsequential ,
- abject ,
- abominable ,
- anguished ,
- at end of one's rope ,
- at end of rope ,
- back to the wall ,
- base ,
- broken down ,
- brokenhearted ,
- bummed-out ,
- bundle of nerves ,
- can't win ,
- cast-down ,
- contemptible ,
- counter-productive ,
- counterproductive ,
- cruddy ,
- currish ,
- dead duck ,
- dejected ,
- deplorable ,
- depressive ,
- derisory ,
- desolate ,
- despairing ,
- despicable ,
- disconsolate ,
- dog-eared ,
- dolorous ,
- down and out ,
- dreary ,
- execrable ,
- forlorn ,
- full of sorrow ,
- god-awful ,
- gone to seed ,
- goner ,
- griefstricken ,
- grody ,
- grungy ,
- hapless ,
- heart-rending ,
- humble ,
- hyper ,
- ignoble ,
- ill-chosen ,
- in a bad way ,
- in a stew ,
- in a tizzy ,
- in despair ,
- in mourning ,
- in pain ,
- in sorrow ,
- in the soup ,
- in the toilet ,
- infelicitous ,
- inferior ,
- irrecoverable ,
- irretrievable ,
- lamentable ,
- low ,
- low quality ,
- low-down ,
- lowdown ,
- miserable ,
- misfortunate ,
- no chance ,
- no way ,
- no-account ,
- no-good ,
- no-way ,
- no-win ,
- not a prayer ,
- not worth it ,
- on a downer ,
- out of luck ,
- paltry ,
- pathetic ,
- piteous ,
- pitiful ,
- poor ,
- running out of time ,
- scrubby ,
- scummier ,
- scurvy ,
- scuzzy ,
- sick at heart ,
- singing the blues ,
- slummier ,
- slummy ,
- sordid ,
- sorrowful ,
- sorry ,
- squalid ,
- strabilious ,
- strung out ,
- swinish ,
- tatty ,
- torn up ,
- torn-up ,
- tragic ,
- ugly ,
- uncomfortable ,
- unconsolable ,
- unfortunate ,
- unglued ,
- unprosperous ,
- unrecognized ,
- unrewarding ,
- unworthy ,
- up against it ,
- up the creek ,
- up the wall ,
- vile ,
- woeful ,
- wornout ,
- worse for wear ,
- worthless .
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How to use "Wretched" in context?
The word "wretched" is defined as a despicable person or thing. It can be used to describe someone or something who is unpleasant or despicable. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word as "calamitous, deplorable, miserable, wretched." A wretched person might be a pessimist who is always unhappy, or a person who has a difficult life. A wretched thing might be a dirty or ugly pile of clothes, or a rotten potato. The word has a negative connotation, but it can also be used to describe someone or something who is lucky to have a good life.
Paraphrases for Wretched:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
miserable.
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Verb, past tense
miserable.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
abhorrent, accursed, bad, bloody, chickenshit, cursed, deplorable, depressed, depressing, desperate, despicable, destitute, disastrous, disgraceful, dismal, distressing, frightening, ghastly, gruesome, hapless, heinous, hideous, hopeless, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, ill-fated, impoverished, inclement, lamentable, measly, miserly, paltry, pitiful, regrettable, rotten, seedy, shabby, shameful, sorrowful, terrible, vile, woeful, worthless, damn, goddamn, crappy, God-forsaken.
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Verb, past participle
depressed, drugged, impoverished, Bummed.
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Adjective
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