47 entries under wretched topic. ×
| grievous(adjective, hard, severe, difficult, tender) | |
| painful(adjective, hard, severe, difficult, tender) | |
| distressing(adjective, severe, tender, unpleasant, awful) | |
| calamitous(adjective, severe, unpleasant, awful, terrible) | |
| deplorable(adjective, terrible, miserable, shameful) | |
| woeful(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, miserable) | |
| unlucky(adjective, black, grave, warn) | |
| ominous(adjective, awful, miserable, foreboding) | |
| lamentable(adjective, awful, terrible, miserable) | |
| heartbreaking(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, miserable) | |
| regrettable(adjective, wrong, terrible, miserable) | |
| afflictive(adjective, hard, severe, tender, unpleasant) | |
| untoward(miserable, adversity, unfortunate, doomed) | |
| dolorous(adjective, miserable, shameful, unfortunate) | |
| ill-fated(miserable, threatening, unfortunate, doomed) | |
| ill-starred(miserable, unfortunate, doomed, unfavorable) | |
| doomed(miserable, warning, threatening, unfortunate) | |
| hapless(miserable, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) | |
| luckless(miserable, unfortunate, doomed, unsuccessful) | |
| out of luck(expression, idiom, miserable, unfortunate) |
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