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Synonyms & Antonyms of wretched
- this report is simply wretched—you'll have to rewrite it
Synonyms for wretched
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Antonyms for wretched
- bitchin'
- [slang],
- great,
- marvelous
- (or marvellous),
- wonderful
- a wretched lie
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Antonyms for wretched
- lived alone in a wretched room in a run-down hotel
Synonyms for wretched
- black,
- bleak,
- cheerless,
- chill,
- Cimmerian,
- cloudy,
- cold,
- comfortless,
- dark,
- darkening,
- depressing,
- depressive,
- desolate,
- dire,
- disconsolate,
- dismal,
- drear,
- dreary,
- dreich
- [chiefly Scottish],
- elegiac
- (also elegiacal),
- forlorn,
- funereal,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- godforsaken,
- gray
- (also grey),
- lonely,
- lonesome,
- lugubrious,
- miserable,
- morbid,
- morose,
- murky,
- plutonian,
- saturnine,
- sepulchral,
- solemn,
- somber
- (or sombre),
- sullen,
- sunless,
- tenebrific,
- tenebrous
Words Related to wretched
- blue,
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- down,
- droopy,
- hangdog,
- inconsolable,
- low,
- melancholic,
- melancholy,
- mirthless,
- sad,
- unhappy,
- woebegone,
- woeful
- dim,
- discomfiting,
- discouraging,
- disheartening,
- dismaying,
- dispiriting,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- upsetting
- dour,
- grim,
- lowering
- (also louring),
- lowery
- (also loury),
- menacing,
- negative,
- oppressive,
- threatening
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Antonyms for wretched
- a wretched attempt at writing an original song
Synonyms for wretched
- bad,
- bastard,
- bush,
- bush-league,
- crummy
- (also crumby),
- deficient,
- dissatisfactory,
- ill,
- inferior,
- lame,
- lousy,
- off,
- paltry,
- poor,
- punk,
- sour,
- suboptimal,
- subpar,
- substandard,
- unacceptable,
- unsatisfactory,
- wack
- [slang],
- wanting,
- wrong
Words Related to wretched
- abysmal,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- bitchin'
- [slang],
- brutal,
- damnable,
- deplorable,
- detestable,
- disastrous,
- dreadful,
- execrable,
- gnarly
- [slang],
- horrendous,
- horrible,
- pathetic,
- stinky,
- sucky
- [slang],
- terrible,
- unspeakable
- bum,
- cheesy,
- coarse,
- common,
- crappy
- [slang],
- cut-rate,
- junky,
- lesser,
- low-grade,
- low-rent,
- mediocre,
- miserable,
- reprehensible,
- rotten,
- rubbishy,
- second-rate,
- shoddy,
- sleazy,
- trashy
- inadequate,
- insufficient,
- lacking,
- meager
- (or meagre),
- mean,
- miserly,
- niggardly,
- scanty,
- shabby,
- short,
- skimp,
- skimpy,
- spare,
- stingy
- counterfeit,
- fake,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- sham
Phrases Synonymous with wretched
- below par
- (or under par),
- from hunger
Near Antonyms for wretched
- A1,
- bang-up,
- banner,
- boss
- [slang],
- capital,
- choice,
- crackerjack,
- dandy,
- divine,
- excellent,
- exceptional,
- fabulous,
- first-class,
- first-rate,
- grand,
- great,
- groovy,
- heavenly,
- high-test,
- jim-dandy,
- keen,
- marvelous
- (or marvellous),
- mean,
- neat,
- nifty,
- noble,
- par excellence,
- perfect,
- premium,
- prime,
- sensational,
- slick,
- splendid,
- stellar,
- sterling,
- superb,
- superior,
- superlative,
- supernal,
- swell,
- terrific,
- tip-top,
- top,
- top-notch,
- unsurpassed,
- wonderful
Antonyms for wretched
- acceptable,
- adequate,
- all right,
- decent,
- fine,
- OK
- (or okay),
- passable,
- respectable,
- satisfactory,
- standard,
- tolerable
- she was wretched for weeks after breaking up with her boyfriend
Synonyms for wretched
- bad,
- blue,
- brokenhearted,
- cast down,
- crestfallen,
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despondent,
- disconsolate,
- doleful,
- down,
- down in the mouth,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- droopy,
- forlorn,
- gloomy,
- glum,
- hangdog,
- heartbroken,
- heartsick,
- heartsore,
- heavyhearted,
- inconsolable,
- joyless,
- low,
- low-spirited,
- melancholic,
- melancholy,
- miserable,
- mournful,
- sad,
- saddened,
- sorrowful,
- sorry,
- unhappy,
- woebegone,
- woeful
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Antonyms for wretched
- his wretched treatment of women earned him a bad reputation
Synonyms for wretched
- base,
- contemptible,
- currish,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- dirty,
- dishonorable,
- execrable,
- ignoble,
- ignominious,
- low,
- low-down,
- low-minded,
- mean,
- nasty,
- paltry,
- snide,
- sordid,
- vile
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- wretched goods that aren't even worth half of what the store is charging for them
Synonyms for wretched
- bad,
- bargain-basement,
- bum,
- cheap,
- cheapjack,
- cheesy,
- coarse,
- common,
- crappy
- [slang],
- cut-rate,
- el cheapo,
- execrable,
- gimcrack,
- inferior,
- junky,
- lousy,
- low-grade,
- low-rent,
- mediocre,
- miserable,
- poor,
- rotten,
- rubbishy,
- schlock
- (or schlocky also shlock or shlocky),
- second-rate,
- shoddy,
- sleazy,
- terrible,
- trashy,
- trumpery
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- those wretched souls who cannot even afford a decent roof over their heads
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- the pampered socialite complained that the only room available was in a wretched little motel by the highway
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The first known use of wretched was in the 12th century
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