Wretched Common

of very poor quality or condition

"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"

"woeful treatment of the accused"

"woeful errors of judgment"

characterized by physical misery

"a wet miserable weekend"

"spent a wretched night on the floor"

very unhappy; full of misery

"he felt depressed and miserable"

"a message of hope for suffering humanity"

"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

morally reprehensible

"would do something as despicable as murder"

"ugly crimes"

"the vile development of slavery appalled them"

"a slimy little liar"

deserving or inciting pity

"a hapless victim"

"miserable victims of war"

"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"

"piteous appeals for help"

"pitiable homeless children"

"a pitiful fate"

"Oh, you poor thing"

"his poor distorted limbs"

"a wretched life"

Very miserable; feeling deep affliction or distress.

"After losing his job and seeing his house foreclosed, he sat in a wretched mood that wouldn't lift no matter how much coffee he drank."