wretch·ed /ˈretʃɪd/ adjectiveadj1 SAD/UNHAPPYSYMPATHIZEsomeone who is wretched is very unhappy or ill, and you feel sorry for them 極不愉快的;病得很重的;極不幸的the poor, wretched girl 極其不幸的可憐姑娘
2 if you feel wretched, you feel guilty and unhappy because of something bad that you have done 〔由於做了不好的事〕感到愧疚的,難過的Guy felt wretched about it now. 現在蓋伊對那件事覺得很愧疚。
3 [only before noun]ANNOY making you feel annoyed or angry 令人惱怒的;使人憤怒的Where is that wretched boy? 那個可惡的男孩在哪裏?
4 literaryBAD extremely bad or unpleasant 惡劣的;糟糕的 SYN miserableI was shocked to see their wretched living conditions. 看到他們惡劣的生活條件我很震驚。
—wretchedly adverbadv
—wretchedness noun [uncountableU]