English-German translations for wretched

• Mies
• miserabel
  Den Menschen dort geht es miserabel. The people there are wretched.
  Daß das bei uns so miserabel organisiert ist und dem Ruf der Europäischen Union abträglich ist, liegt daran, daß es hier einen Systemfehler gibt. The reason why our organization is so wretched and so detrimental to the reputation of the European Union is that we are talking here about system failure.
• sehr schlecht
• wertlos

Definition of wretched

• Very miserable; feeling deep affliction or distress
• Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable
• Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked

Examples

• I felt wretched after my wife died.
• The street was full of wretched beggars dressed in rags.
• Will you please stop playing that wretched trombone!

Related words

• wretchedness
• wretchedly
• wretched fellow
• in wretched poverty