wretched

adjective

1)

I felt so wretched without you

Syn:

miserable, unhappy, sad, heartbroken, grief-stricken, sorrowful, sorry for oneself, distressed, desolate, devastated, despairing, disconsolate, downcast, dejected, crestfallen, cheerless, depressed, melancholy, morose, gloomy, mournful, doleful, dismal, forlorn, woebegone; informal blue; literary dolorous

Ant:

cheerful

2)

I feel wretched

Syn:

ill, unwell, poorly, sick, below par; informal under the weather, out of sorts

Ant:

well

3)

their living conditions are wretched

Syn:

harsh, hard, grim, stark, difficult; poor, impoverished; pitiful, pathetic, miserable, cheerless, sordid, shabby, seedy, unhealthy, insalubrious, dilapidated; informal scummy

Ant:

comfortable, luxurious

4)

the wretched dweller in the chantey town

Syn:

unfortunate, unlucky, luckless, ill-starred, blighted, hapless, poor, pitiable, downtrodden, oppressed; literary star-crossed

Ant:

cheerful, well, comfortable, fortunate, excellent

5)

he's a wretched coward

Syn:

despicable, contemptible, reprehensible, base, vile, loathsome, hateful, detestable, odious, ignoble, shameful, shabby, worthless; informal dirty, rotten, lowdown, lousy

Ant:

fortunate

6)

wretched weather

Syn:

terrible, awful, dire, atrocious, dreadful, bad, poor, lamentable, deplorable; informal godawful

Ant:

excellent

7)

I don't want the wretched money

Syn:

informal damn, damned, blessed, cursed, flaming, confounded, rotten, blasted, bloody