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{
"term": "wretched",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "feeling ill or unhappy",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You look wretched—what's wrong?"
},
{
"text": "I felt wretched about the way things had turned out."
},
{
"text": "She looked thoroughly wretched."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "extremely bad or unpleasant",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She had a wretched time of it at school."
},
{
"text": "The animals are kept in the most wretched conditions."
}
],
"synonyms": "awful"
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "making you feel sympathy or making you sad",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down."
}
],
"synonyms": "pitiful"
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to show that you think that somebody/something is extremely annoying",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Is it that wretched woman again?"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈretʃɪd/",
"audio": "wr/wretched/wretched__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈretʃɪd/",
"audio": "wr/wretched/wretched__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: formed irregularly from wretch + -ed."
}