Wretched
Wretched adjective - Causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer.
Usage example: lived alone in a wretched room in a run-down hotel
Woebegone is a synonym for wretched in miserable topic. In some cases you can use "Woebegone" instead an adjective "Wretched", when it comes to topics like terrible, happy.
Nearby Words: wretch, wretchedly
Woebegone
Woebegone adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: the most woebegone people that I had ever seen in my life
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- low and wretched
- low and woebegone
- melancholy and wretched
- melancholy and woebegone
- dismal and wretched
- dismal and woebegone
- woeful and wretched
- woeful and woebegone
- downcast and wretched
- downcast and woebegone
- dejected and wretched
- dejected and woebegone
- depressed and wretched
- depressed and woebegone
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