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 ]
characterized by physical misery; a wet miserable weekend; spent a wretched night on the floor
[ Syn: miserable ]
very unhappy; full of misery; he felt depressed and miserable; a message of hope for suffering humanity; wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
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 ]
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 ]