wretchedly
2
6.8
- adverb
- /ˈrɛtʃɪdli/
- He lived wretchedly in a small, dark room with no food or comfort.
- wretchedly poor
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- They have hundreds of millions of wretchedly poor people still.
Examples
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But now, with the incredible levels of criminality and dysfunction among the underclass, it is a wretchedly bad, brain-dead idea.
Blog text (24) -
Quit this forest where you and your kind live so wretchedly and often die of hunger.
Fiction book (1998) -
An affair of the heart can make you wretchedly blue.
Fiction book (1999) -
I passed the night wretchedly.
Fiction book (2002) -
They have hundreds of millions of wretchedly poor people still.
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"I've given up that hope," I said wretchedly.
Fiction book (1994) -
Had her life become so wretchedly vacuous that she spent her holidays thinking about a man she found dull?
Fiction book (1999) -
The rich world's awareness of the wretchedly poor and hungry receded.
Academic text (2010) -
"Maybe I've lost it," Leonid said wretchedly.
Fiction book (1995) -
State failures (and associated conflicts) overwhelmingly occur in wretchedly poor countries, not in wealthy industrial or post-industrial states.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
93
3.7
In a way that causes physical or emotional pain
52
1.0
In a very bad way
38
1.0
In an unhappy way because you feel upset
26
6.5
In a way that is very bad or not good enough
17
4.4
Shows that something is very bad, unpleasant, or extreme
16
6.1
In a way that makes people look down on a person for being weak
13
1.3
In a sad or regretful way
6
7.2
In a way that causes great harm, pain, or sadness
6
2.7
In a way that makes you feel bad or uncomfortable
6
3.3
In a way that makes people feel sorry for someone or something
5
2.2
In a way that shows great unhappiness or pain
4
7.4
In a way that causes very strong physical pain or deep worry
3
6.5
In a way that makes people feel worried or unhappy
3
4.8
In a gloomy way that makes people feel sad or hopeless
2
8.0
In a way that makes people feel regret or sadness
1
3.0
To happen in a very bad or unpleasant way
1
7.1
In a sad way that makes people feel sorry
1
7.2
So sad that nothing can comfort them
1
8.5
In a very sad way that shows no comfort or hope
1
7.2
In a sad way that shows you are unhappy
1
9.1
In a very sad, gloomy way
1
8.5
In a way that causes someone a lot of pain or worry
1
7.0
In a way that shows worry or great sadness
Antonyms
How Miserable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wretchedly comes from the old word wretch, which meant a very unhappy or unlucky person, plus -ly, the part that makes a word describe how something is done. So to do something wretchedly is to do it in a very 'miserable' or 'pitiful' way.