wretch·ed /ˈretʃɪd/ adjectiveadj 1 SAD/UNHAPPYSYMPATHIZEsomeone who is wretched is very unhappy or ill, and you feel sorry for them 极不愉快的;病得很重的;极不幸的 the poor, wretched girl 极其不幸的可怜姑娘
2 if you feel wretched, you feel guilty and unhappy because of something bad that you have done 〔由于做了不好的事〕感到愧疚的,难过的 Guy felt wretched about it now. 现在盖伊对那件事觉得很愧疚。
3 [only before noun]ANNOY making you feel annoyed or angry 令人恼怒的;使人愤怒的 Where is that wretched boy? 那个可恶的男孩在哪里?
4 literaryBAD extremely bad or unpleasant 恶劣的;糟糕的 SYN miserable I was shocked to see their wretched living conditions. 看到他们恶劣的生活条件我很震惊。
—wretchedly adverbadv
—wretchedness noun [uncountableU]