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Synonyms & Antonyms for wretched
Synonyms
atrocious, awful, dismal, execrable, horrible, lousy, punk, rotten, sucky [slang], terrible
Antonyms
bitchin' [slang], great, marvelous (or marvellous), wonderful
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But in peacetime those same men, unable to conform to society, lived wretched lives beyond the outskirts of villages and towns. — David James, Anchorage Daily News, "New book explores mankind’s fascination with bears, from Stone Age to 'Winnie the Pooh’," 31 Aug. 2019 Luce himself was once one of Fanon’s so-called wretched of the Earth. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: Who is ‘Luce’? Kelvin Harrison Jr. gives a compelling answer in a twisty race drama," 15 Aug. 2019 This may be because other forms of transport have become more wretched: driving has got pricier, for instance. — The Economist, "How rising rail fares and falling punctuality undermine confidence," 15 Aug. 2019 German has spewed wretched economic data for weeks: an 8% annual fall in exports in June, a 1.5% drop in industrial production in June from the month before, three times bigger than expected. — Washington Post, "US-China trade war leaves Europe as collateral damage," 12 Aug. 2019 Despite the wretched poverty of those years, Russians entered the country’s capitalist era with some advantages. — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, "Russians Pull Out Credit Cards, and Consumer Debt Spirals," 5 Aug. 2019 The exposure of the sick, weak, deformed children, in short, their destruction, was more decent and in truth a thousand times more human than the wretched insanity of our day which preserves the most pathological subject. — Myke Cole, The New Republic, "The Sparta Fetish Is a Cultural Cancer," 1 Aug. 2019 Tuesday was a time to exorcise wretched memories made across his otherwise magnificent career. — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, "Justin Verlander shines as Astros shut out Indians," 30 July 2019 Maybe because of our relatively intimate population, or our legacy of tension, distrust, and discord, which hangs in the air throughout the region like the wretched summer heat. — Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al.com, "Inside Birmingham’s Peace & Policy strategy: Will it stem the violence?," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wretched.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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