What is another word for wretched?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈɛt͡ʃɪd], [ ɹˈɛtʃɪd], [ ɹ_ˈɛ_tʃ_ɪ_d]
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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:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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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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