Defenseless
Defenseless adjective - Lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack.
Wretched and defenseless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wretched" instead an adjective "Defenseless".
Nearby Word: defense
Wretched
Wretched adjective - Extremely unsatisfactory.
Defenseless and wretched are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defenseless" instead an adjective "Wretched".
Nearby Words: wretch, wretchedly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pitiful and defenseless
- pitiful and wretched
- poor and defenseless
- poor and wretched
- unhappy and defenseless
- unhappy and wretched
- miserable and defenseless
- miserable and wretched
- despondent and defenseless
- despondent and wretched
- desolate and defenseless
- desolate and wretched
- forlorn and defenseless
- forlorn and wretched
Both words in one sentence
- Dorohedoro (unrelated to the above) takes place in a world divided between the Wretched Hive city of Hole in the human world and the realm of the magic-users, who go to Hole to practice on defenseless muggles (generally in the form of warping their bodies).
Source: Crapsack World / Anime and Manga
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