wretchedly

  • 121wretched — adjective 1 very unhappy or ill: I lay in bed feeling thoroughly wretched. 2 (only before noun) making you feel annoyed or angry: What does the wretched woman want this time? 3 literary extremely bad or of very poor quality: wretched living… …

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  • 122desperately — adverb 1) he screamed desperately for help Syn: in desperation, in despair, despairingly, in anguish, in distress; wretchedly, hopelessly, desolately, forlornly 2) they are desperately ill Syn: seriously, critically …

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  • 123commonly — adv 1. without distinction, without originality, tritely, without inspiration, lacking spirit, indifferently, indiscriminately, without thought or effort, Sl. without a brain cell ticking; tolerably, ineffectually, perfunctorily, carelessly,… …

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  • 124wretched — UK [ˈretʃɪd] / US [ˈretʃəd] adjective 1) informal used for emphasizing how much someone or something annoys you I looked everywhere and eventually found the wretched letter. The wretched man never answered her questions. 2) very unpleasant, or in …

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  • 125lay an egg — idi+inf Informal. to fail wretchedly …

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  • 126lousy — lous•y [[t]ˈlaʊ zi[/t]] adj. lous•i•er, lous•i•est 1) infested with lice 2) inf Informal. a) mean; contemptible: That was a lousy thing to do[/ex] b) wretchedly bad; miserable: a lousy job of repainting[/ex] • lousy with Etymology: 1350–1400… …

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  • 127miserable — mis•er•a•ble [[t]ˈmɪz ər ə bəl, ˈmɪz rə [/t]] adj. 1) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable: a miserable beggar[/ex] 2) contemptible: a miserable villain[/ex] 3) attended with or causing misery: a miserable existence[/ex] 4) manifesting misery 5)… …

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  • 128rotten — rot•ten [[t]ˈrɒt n[/t]] adj. er, est 1) having rotted; decomposing or decaying 2) tainted or foul smelling; putrid 3) corrupt or morally offensive 4) wretchedly bad or unsatisfactory; miserable: a rotten day[/ex] 5) contemptible; despicable: a… …

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