wretched

Adjective

• deserving or inciting pity
  • a hapless victim
    
  • miserable victims of war
    
  • the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic- Galsworthy
    
  • piteous appeals for help
    
  • pitiable homeless children
    
  • a pitiful fate
    
  • Oh, you poor thing
    
  • his poor distorted limbs
    
  • a wretched life
    

• morally reprehensible
  • would do something as despicable as murder
    
  • ugly crimes
    
  • the vile development of slavery appalled them
    
  • a slimy little liar
    

• very unhappy; full of misery
  • he felt depressed and miserable
    
  • a message of hope for suffering humanity
    
  • wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
    

• characterized by physical misery
  • a wet miserable weekend
    
  • spent a wretched night on the floor
    

• of very poor quality or condition
  • deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
    
  • woeful treatment of the accused
    
  • woeful errors of judgment
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hapless , miserable , misfortunate , pathetic , piteous , pitiable , pitiful , poor , despicable , ugly , vile , slimy , unworthy , worthless , suffering , deplorable , execrable , woeful