Meaning

• Very miserable; feeling deep affliction or distress.

  "I felt wretched after my wife died."

• Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable.

  "The street was full of wretched beggars dressed in rags."

• Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.

• Used to express dislike of or annoyance towards the mentioned thing.

  "Will you please stop playing that wretched trombone!"