WRETCHED, adjective 1. Very miserable; sunk into deep affliction or distress, either from want, anxiety or grief. The wretched find no friends. 2. Calamitous; very afflicting; as the wretched condition of slaves in Algiers. 3. Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; as a wretched poem; a wretched cabin. 4. Despicable; hatefully vile and contemptible. He was guilty of wretched ingratitude.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI