Wretched vs. Retched — What's the Difference?

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable

To try to vomit.

Characterized by or attended with misery or woe

To vomit.

Of a poor or mean character; dismal

Simple past tense and past participle of retch

Contemptible; despicable

Of very inferior quality

Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable.

Of an inferior or unworthy nature or social status; contemptible, lowly.

Of an insignificant, mean, or poor nature; miserable, paltry, worthless.

Of a person, etc.: behaving in a manner deserving contempt; base, despicable, wicked.

Of weather: causing much discomfort; very unpleasant; miserable.

(informal) Used to express annoyance towards or dislike of someone or something: bloody, damned.

Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.

Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.

Of very poor quality or condition;

Characterized by physical misery;

Very unhappy; full of misery;

Deserving or inciting pity;