wretched

/ˈrɛtʃɪd/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈrɛtʃɪd/

wretched

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Past ending sound

wret - ched -> wretched

Myanmar meaning

စိတ်ဆင်းရဲသော ၊ စိတ်မချမ်းသာဖွယ်ဖြစ်သော။ မကျမ်းမာသော။ အရည်အသွေးညံ့ဖြင်းသော။ စက်ဆုပ်ဖွယ် ဖြစ်သော။ ကြေနပ်ဖွယ်မရှိသော။ မုန်းစရာကောင်းသော။

Full entry

wretched /'retʃÇd/ adj

၁။ စိတ်မချမ်းသာသော။ စိတ်ဆင်းရဲသော။ I felt wretched about not being able to help her. ❍ His migraine made him feel wretched (ie ill and miserable) all morning. ❍ people living in wretched poverty.
၂။ စိတ်ပျက်စရာ။ စုတ်ချာချာ။ wretched weather.
၃။ (infml ) (စိတ်ကသိကအောက်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း ဖော်ပြသော စကား)။ သောက်သုံးမကျတဲ့။ The wretched car won't start again! ❍ I'm sick of the whole wretched business. wretchedly adv, wretchedness n [U]: a life of utter wretchedness.

More examples

‘The role of A Vijayaraghavan, MP, was significant in securing Indian citizenship for these wretched people.’
‘The man was poor and wretched and had no claim upon the ruler, no right even to lift a solicitous hand.’
‘He begs for food and wears only a loincloth and a cloak, shunning the townspeople and becoming a wretched figure with unkempt hair and long fingernails.’
‘When these wretched people arrived at Grosse Ile it was ill-equipped to deal with such a humanitarian disaster.’
‘He was taken aback by the sheer number of places they had found containing such wretched people.’
‘Pentheus tore away his headband from his hair, and ripped the feminine disguise from his frame that his wretched mother might recognize him!’
‘But he doesn't make you think that the people were a poor, wretched mass of unwashed humanity.’
‘I have also still got the flu to some extent, and I am feeling slightly less than wretched, but I was wretched as recently as yesterday.’
‘Harry's wretched past revisits him vividly, trailing behind it issues of betrayal, death, punishment and revenge.’
‘Younger brother Prince Khurram promptly had him killed, as fraternal ambitions were not to be encouraged, even though the wretched Prince Khusrau was blind.’
‘A just man maintains his life as a wretched beggar while another, stained by well known crimes, accumulates the highest honours.’
‘Although they were all being tenderly cared for by wonderful nurses, with plenty of personal attention and attempts to comfort and stimulate them, they were absolutely wretched.’
‘The only glimmer of hope for these wretched people is the emergence of organised resistance to the present policies.’
‘You aren't the complicated villain nor the wretched hero.’
‘A fanatic easily makes conquests among a wretched people.’
‘Have not the rich been guilty of ignoring the cry of the wretched and the poor in this little world we share?’
‘The poor wretched beast was tied up on a rope that was too short to let him lie down.’
‘I must have cut a wretched figure, filthy and sunburnt, to the brother who heard my explanations about who I was and why I was here.’
‘Needless to say, Zinfer's very first day on Planet Earth had turned out to be an unbelievably wretched experience for the poor little prince.’
‘Her eyes had widened considerably upon taking in the sight the wretched man, and she feared she might be sick from looking at his numerous injuries.’

Synonyms

miserable, desolate, heartbroken, pitiful, dejected, abject, afflicted, base, bummed, calamitous, cheap, contemptible, deplorable, depressed, despicable, disconsolate, distressed, dolorous, down, down-and-out, downcast, faulty, flimsy, forlorn, gloomy, hapless, hopeless, hurting, in the pits, inadequate, inferior, low, low-down, mean, melancholy, paltry, pathetic, pitiable, poor, shabby, shameful, sordid, sorrowful, sorry, spiritless, terrible, tragic, unfortunate, unhappy, very bad, vile, weak, woebegone, woeful, worthless

Antonyms

blessed, bright, cheerful, comforted, encouraged, encouraging, excellent, good, happy, hopeful, joyful, nice, noble, rich, worthwhile, worthy