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Meaning: Of very poor quality or condition Synonyms: execrable; wretched; woeful; deplorable; miserable Context examples: deplorable housing conditions in the inner city / woeful treatment of the accused / woeful errors of judgment Similar: inferior (of low or inferior quality)
Meaning: Characterized by physical misery Synonyms: wretched; miserable Context examples: a wet miserable weekend / spent a wretched night on the floor Similar: uncomfortable (providing or experiencing physical discomfort)
Meaning: Very unhappy; full of misery Synonyms: miserable; suffering; wretched Context examples: he felt depressed and miserable / a message of hope for suffering humanity / wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages Similar: unhappy (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent)
Meaning: Morally reprehensible Synonyms: despicable; vile; slimy; worthless; unworthy; ugly; wretched Context examples: would do something as despicable as murder / ugly crimes / the vile development of slavery appalled them / a slimy little liar Similar: evil (morally bad or wrong)
Meaning: Deserving or inciting pity Synonyms: hapless; misfortunate; pathetic; piteous; poor; miserable; pitiable; pitiful; wretched Context examples: a hapless victim / miserable victims of war / the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic / piteous appeals for help / pitiable homeless children / a pitiful fate / Oh, you poor thing / his poor distorted limbs / a wretched life Similar: unfortunate (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune)  "Every disease will have its course." (English proverb) "When the poor man is burried, the large bell of the parish is silent" (Breton proverb) "Leading by example is better than giving an advice." (Arabic proverb) "With friends like these, who needs enemies?" (Croatian proverb) Useful links: Definition of evil Pronunciation of unhappy Definition of uncomfortable Pronunciation of unfortunate Definition of inferior
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