wretched

Universal Words adjective 1 (of a person) feeling ill/sick or unhappy: You look wretched-what's wrong? * I felt wretched about the way things had turned out. 2 extremely bad or unpleasant: She had a wretched time of it at school. * The animals are kept in the most wretched conditions. 3 making you feel sympathy or pity: She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down. 4 [onlybeforenoun] used to show that you think that sb/sth is extremely annoying: Is it that wretched woman again? wretchedly adverb: 'I'm so sorry,' she said wretchedly. wretchedness noun [U]