(n) the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant, Example: the wretchedness for which these prisons became known; the grey wretchedness of the rain
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind Than to the wretched mortals left behind. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]
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2. Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked. [ Obs. ] “Wretched ungratefulness.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nero reigned after this Claudius, of all men wretchedest, ready to all manner [ of ] vices. Capgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
