In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
wretch
- plenty
- ruffian
- boasting
- beggars
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- abject
- deplorable
- depressed
- despicable
- forlorn
- gloomy
- hopeless
- miserable
- pathetic
- pitiful
- tragic
- woeful
- afflicted
- base
- bummed
- calamitous
- cheap
- contemptible
- dejected
- disconsolate
- distressed
- dolorous
- down
- down-and-out
- downcast
- faulty
- flimsy
- hapless
- hurting
- in the pits
- inferior
- low
- low-down
- mean
- melancholy
- paltry
- pitiable
- poor
- shabby
- shameful
- sordid
- sorrowful
- sorry
- spiritless
- unfortunate
- unhappy
- vile
- weak
- woebegone
- worthless
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You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
He tried the effect of ridicule on the wretched and despairing Louis; and to one of his arguments, he at last extorted a reply.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER
Henceforth he must remember Winifred only when his sword was at the throat of some wretched mutineer appealing for mercy.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
The habitations of the poor are less wretched than those of Italy, but not equal to those of the fertile portion of Switzerland.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO WRETCHED
- base
- contemptible
- degraded
- dejected
- deplorable
- dishonorable
- fawning
- forlorn
- groveling
- hangdog
- humiliated
- low
- miserable
- outcast
- pitiable
- servile
- submissive
- worthless
- wretched
- abhorrent
- atrocious
- awful
- bad
- base
- beastly
- contemptible
- cursed
- despicable
- disgusting
- foul
- grim
- grody
- gross
- hairy
- hateful
- heinous
- hellish
- horrible
- horrid
- loathsome
- lousy
- nauseating
- obnoxious
- odious
- offensive
- repellent
- reprehensible
- repugnant
- repulsive
- revolting
- rotten
- sleazy
- stinking
- terrible
- vile
- wretched
- abject
- abominable
- cheap
- coarse
- common
- contemptible
- corrupt
- depraved
- despicable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- foul
- grovelling
- humble
- ignoble
- immoral
- indelicate
- loathsome
- lowly
- mean
- menial
- offensive
- paltry
- pitiful
- plebeian
- poor
- scandalous
- servile
- shameful
- shoddy
- sleazy
- sordid
- sorry
- squalid
- trashy
- ugly
- unworthy
- vile
- worthless
- wretched
- abject
- abominable
- cheap
- coarse
- common
- contemptible
- corrupt
- depraved
- despicable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- foul
- grovelling
- humble
- ignoble
- immoral
- indelicate
- loathsome
- lowly
- mean
- menial
- offensive
- paltry
- pitiful
- plebeian
- poor
- scandalous
- servile
- shameful
- shoddy
- sleazy
- sordid
- sorry
- squalid
- trashy
- ugly
- unworthy
- vile
- worthless
- wretched
- crestfallen
- crushed
- desolate
- despairing
- despondent
- disappointed
- disconsolate
- grief-stricken
- grieved
- heartbroken
- heartsick
- heartsore
- inconsolable
- miserable
- mournful
- prostrated
- sorrowful
- wretched
- abhorrent
- abject
- abominable
- bad
- base
- beggarly
- cheap
- crass
- currish
- degenerate
- despisable
- detestable
- dirty
- disgusting
- hateful
- heel
- ignoble
- ignominious
- inferior
- low
- low-down
- lowest
- mean
- odious
- outcast
- paltry
- pitiable
- pitiful
- poor
- sad
- scummy
- scurvy
- shabby
- sordid
- sorry
- swinish
- unworthy
- vile
- worthless
- wretched
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