Definition of wretched

• of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
• characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"
• very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"