Wretch"ed, a. 1. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. "To what wretched state reserved!" Milton.

O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind
Than to the wretched mortals left behind.

2. Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.

3. Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked. [Obs.] "Wretched ungratefulness." Sir P. Sidney.

Nero reigned after this Claudius, of all men wretchedest, ready to all manner [of] vices.

Wretch"ed, a. 1. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. "To what wretched state reserved!" Milton.

O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind
Than to the wretched mortals left behind.

2. Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.

3. Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked. [Obs.] "Wretched ungratefulness." Sir P. Sidney.

Nero reigned after this Claudius, of all men wretchedest, ready to all manner [of] vices.

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• Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.
  
• Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.
  
• Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked (Obsolete).