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wretched
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind
Than to the wretched mortals left behind. --Waller.
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