All 8 Uses of
wretched
in
Wuthering Heights
- 'Wretched inmates!'†
Chpt 2 *wretched = miserable or very bad
- I cannot say why I felt so wildly wretched: it must have been temporary derangement; for there is scarcely cause.†
Chpt 12
- I do hate him — I am wretched — I have been a fool!†
Chpt 13
- I loved her long ago, and was wretched to lose her; but it is past.†
Chpt 15
- Now, that she's dead, I see her in Hindley: Hindley has exactly her eyes, if you had not tried to gouge them out, and made them black and red; and her — " ' "Get up, wretched idiot, before I stamp you to death!" he cried, making a movement that caused me to make one also.†
Chpt 17
- It was not to amuse myself that I went: I was often wretched all the time.†
Chpt 24
- I'm so wretched, you can't help being sorry and pitying me.'†
Chpt 27
- I inquired, perceiving that the wretched creature had no power to sympathize with his cousin's mental tortures.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
very bad
in various senses, including:
- unfortunate or miserable -- as in "wretched prisoners sleeping on the cold floor"
- of poor quality -- as in "wretched roads"
- morally bad -- as in "The wretched woman stole his wallet."