| slovo | definícia |
wretched
(mass) | wretched
- biedny |
wretched
(encz) | wretched,bídný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
wretched
(encz) | wretched,ubohý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Wretched
(gcide) | Wretched \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.
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O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind
Than to the wretched mortals left behind. --Waller.
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wretched
(wn) | wretched
adj 1: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable,
execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched]
2: characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend";
"spent a wretched night on the floor" [syn: miserable,
wretched]
3: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and
miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity";
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [syn:
miserable, suffering, wretched]
4: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as
murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery
appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" [syn: despicable,
ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched]
5: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable
victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as
extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for
help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh,
you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched
life" [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate,
pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor,
wretched] |
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wretchedly
(mass) | wretchedly
- strašne |
wretchedly
(encz) | wretchedly,strašně adv: Zdeněk Brožwretchedly,zoufale adv: Zdeněk Brož |
wretchedness
(encz) | wretchedness,bída n: Zdeněk Brožwretchedness,strádání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Wretched
(gcide) | Wretched \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.
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O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind
Than to the wretched mortals left behind. --Waller.
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Wretchedly
(gcide) | Wretchedly \Wretch"ed*ly\, adv.
In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable.
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Wretchedness
(gcide) | Wretchedness \Wretch"ed*ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
--Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.]
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Eat worms and such wretchedness. --Chaucer.
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wretchedly
(wn) | wretchedly
adv 1: in a wretched manner; "`I can't remember who I am,' I
said, wretchedly" |
wretchedness
(wn) | wretchedness
n 1: a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the
misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
[syn: misery, wretchedness, miserableness]
2: the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant; "the
wretchedness for which these prisons became known"; "the grey
wretchedness of the rain"
3: the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; "he has
compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness" |
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