wretched

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Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride,

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  1. adjective In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable: "the wretched prisoners huddling in the stinking cages” (George Orwell).
  2. adjective Characterized by or attended with misery or woe: a wretched life.
  3. adjective Of a poor or mean character; dismal: a wretched building.

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  1. Middle English wrecched, from wrecche, wretch; see wretch.

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  1. from Middle English wrecched, wreched, wriched, wretched, miserable; from wretch + -ed. For the form, cf. wicked.
 

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