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• wretchedly — wretched ► ADJECTIVE (wretcheder, wretchedest) 1) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state; miserable. 2) of poor quality; very bad. 3) used to express anger or annoyance: she disliked the wretched man intensely. DERIVATIVES wretchedly adverb… …   English terms dictionary

• wretched — [[t]re̱tʃɪd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED You describe someone as wretched when you feel sorry for them because they are in an unpleasant situation or have suffered unpleasant experiences. [FORMAL] You have built up a huge property empire by buying from… …   English dictionary

• miserable — /ˈmɪzrəbəl / (say mizruhbuhl), / zərəbəl/ (say zuhruhbuhl) adjective 1. wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable. 2. wretchedly poor; needy. 3. of wretched character or quality; contemptible; wretchedly bad. 4. attended with or causing misery …  

• John Foxe — Infobox Writer name =John Foxe |frame caption = birthdate = 1517 birthplace = Boston, Lincolnshire, England1 deathdate = 1587 deathplace = England occupation = clergyman, author genre = church history movement = Puritan influences = influenced =… …   Wikipedia

• miserable — miserableness, n. miserably, adv. /miz euhr euh beuhl, miz reuh /, adj. 1. wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war. 2. wretchedly poor; needy. 3. of wretched character or quality; contemptible: a miserable villain.… …   Universalium

• Ruthenians and Ukrainians in Czechoslovakia (1918–1938) — Subcarpathian Ruthenia (later briefly independent as Carpatho Ukraine) had been Czechoslovakia’s poorest region, and, if Slovakia had fared badly under Hungarian domination within Austria Hungary, Carpatho Ukraine s situation had been far worse.… …   Wikipedia

• sordid — sordidly, adv. sordidness, n. /sawr did/, adj. 1. morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods. 2. meanly selfish, self seeking, or mercenary. 3. dirty or filthy. 4. squalid; wretchedly poor and run down: sordid housing. [1590 1600; < L sordidus …   Universalium

• beggarly — /ˈbɛgəli/ (say beguhlee) adjective like or befitting a beggar; wretchedly poor; mean. –beggarliness, noun …  

• measly — /ˈmizli / (say meezlee) adjective (measlier, measliest) 1. infected with measles, as an animal or its flesh. 2. relating to or resembling measles. 3. (of beef or pork) infected with cysts or tapeworms of the genus Taenia. 4. Colloquial wretchedly …  

• wretched — wretchedly, adv. wretchedness, n. /rech id/, adj., wretcheder, wretchedest. 1. very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable. 2. characterized by or attended with misery and sorrow. 3. despicable, contemptible, or mean: a… …   Universalium

• Norwich — For other places with the same name, see Norwich (disambiguation). City of Norwich Norwich city centre …   Wikipedia