Adjective:
of very poor quality or condition;deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
woeful treatment of the accused
woeful errors of judgment
characterized by physical misery;a wet miserable weekend
spent a wretched night on the floor
very unhappy; full of misery;he felt depressed and miserable
a message of hope for suffering humanity
wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
morally reprehensible;would do something as despicable as murder
ugly crimes
the vile development of slavery appalled them
a slimy little liar
deserving or inciting pity;a hapless victim
miserable victims of war
the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
piteous appeals for help
pitiable homeless children
a pitiful fate
Oh, you poor thing
his poor distorted limbs
a wretched life
miserable，wretched，unhappy，sorry这些形容词均含“不幸的”之意。
miserable指因贫穷、不幸或屈辱等外部因素给人造成精神痛苦、烦恼或肉体折磨，令人同情和可怜。
wretched多指由于疾病、担忧、忧伤等造成的不幸和痛苦，在外表上显得沮丧、可怜、失望，语气比miserable强。
unhappy侧重指精神上的不快或失望。
sorry常作礼貌用词，表遗憾、婉惜；也指说话人表示同情、悲哀等，感情色彩较强。
play a wretched game手法笨拙
近义词 not不out出low低的rap轻敲base底部hard硬的sad悲哀的worth价值petty小的poor可怜的vile恶劣的mean意思是dire可怕的ugly丑陋的awful糟糕的cheap便宜的lousy多虱的slimy黏滑的abject卑贱的woeful悲伤的trying难受的rotten腐烂的broken弄坏的gloomy阴暗的contempt轻视odious可憎的pitiful慈悲的piteous哀怨的hapless倒霉的sorry对不起的adverse不利的unlucky倒霉的forlorn孤独的doleful悲哀的tearful含泪的useless无用的suffering痛苦ghastly可怕的squalid肮脏的pathetic可怜的dejected沮丧的inferior较低的careworn疲倦的mournful悲恸的desolate荒凉的terrible可怕的twopence两便士dreadful可怕的melancholy忧郁accursed可憎的bummed不高兴的grievous痛苦的miserable痛苦的unhappy不快乐的woebegone忧愁的shameless无耻的difficult困难的heartsick悲痛的sorrowful悲伤的depressed沮丧的cheerless沉闷的joyless不快乐的obnoxious可憎的execrable恶劣的despicable可鄙的detestable可憎的despondent失望的beneath在 … 之下unworthy无价值的heartbroken悲伤的worthless无价值的unfortunate不幸的downhearted消沉的melancholic忧郁的abandoned被抛弃的pitiable引人怜悯的contemptible可鄙的disconsolate忧郁的spiritless无生气的inadequate不适当的misfortunate不幸的despairing感到绝望的deplorable应受谴责的afflictive给人痛苦的troublesome令人烦恼的heavy-laden负担沉重的shameful可耻或丢脸的…star-crossed时运不济的brokenhearted没有精神的not worth a rap毫无价值ill-starred=ill-facted…a英语字母表的第一个字母…bummed out泄气的, 压抑的…afflicted动词afflict的过去…mentioning动词mention的现在…not worth mentioning不值得一提beneath contempt卑鄙之极, 不值一理…
用作形容词(adj.
用作定语
～+ n.He is a wretched coward.他是个令人讨厌的胆小鬼。
She had a wretched time of it at school.她上学时的日子十分难熬。
用作表语
S+be+～+ prep. -phraseHe felt wretched about hurting his friend.他因伤害了朋友而感到难受。
形容词96%,名词4%
It is only the idle that are wretched.唯有懒惰的人才是卑鄙的人。