wretched

/'retʃid/
Adjective
  1. 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
  2. morally reprehensible
    • would do something as despicable as murder
    • ugly crimes
    • the vile development of slavery appalled them
    • a slimy little liar
  3. very unhappy; full of misery
    • he felt depressed and miserable
    • a message of hope for suffering humanity
    • wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
  4. characterized by physical misery
    • a wet miserable weekend
    • spent a wretched night on the floor
  5. of very poor quality or condition
    • deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
    • woeful treatment of the accused
    • woeful errors of judgment

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A poor, wretched kitten shivers in the rain.