wretched in WordNet English dictionary

1. of very poor quality or condition
   "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
   deplorable  execrable  miserable  woeful  wretched 
   
2. morally reprehensible
   "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
   despicable  ugly  vile  slimy  unworthy  worthless  wretched 
   
3. deserving or inciting pity
   "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
   hapless  miserable  misfortunate  pathetic  piteous  pitiable  pitiful  poor  wretched 
   
4. characterized by physical misery
   "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"
   miserable  wretched 
   
5. very unhappy; full of misery
   "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
   miserable  suffering  wretched