Very miserable; sunk into deep affliction or distress, either from want, anxiety or grief. The wretched find no friends.

Calamitous; very afflicting; as the wretched condition of slaves in Algiers.

Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; as a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.

Despicable; hatefully vile and contemptible. He was guilty of wretched ingratitude.