wretched

a wretched idle layabout

the wretched conditions of the slums.

wretched treatment of the patients.

she disliked the wretched man intensely.

Please excuse this wretched apology for a meal.

she wailed her wretched life.

What a wretched existence these people lead in the slums!

a wretched childhood that scarred his psyche.

What a wretched life they lived in the workhouse!

He was wretched when he failed the examination.

I felt so wretched because I thought I might never see you again.

Aunt Tranter backed him up, and he was accordingly granted an afternoon for his " wretched grubbing" among the stones.

In fact, the butterfly only crept with wretched body and shrunken wings in the remainder of its life, and never flurr……