Brutal
Wretched
Wretched adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: a wretched attempt at writing an original song
Brutal and wretched are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brutal" instead an adjective "Wretched".
Nearby Words: wretch, wretchedly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Wretched Hive: Los Angeles is reduced to a chaotic shithole thanks to lack of electricity, lack of water, and "brutal suffocation" of unrest by the LAPD.
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While he's crude, brutal and very much the '90s Anti-Hero, he did genuinely want to clean up the Wretched Hive that was his world.
Source: Good Is Not Nice - In fact, it's because of this that her Wretched Egg personality was created through the sheer trauma of being subjected to endless, brutal, torturous experiments.
Source: Broken Bird / Anime and Manga
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