Wretched
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

SAD
Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti

BAD

LOW

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BASE

RANK
The body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

SICK
Deeply affected by a strong feeling; "sat completely still, sick with envy"; "she was sick with longing"

SOUR
Having a sharp biting taste

SORE
An open skin infection

HURT
The act of damaging something or someone

MEAN
Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

POKY
A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

HARD
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum; "Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"

DIRE
Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

FOUL
An act that violates the rules of a sport

GRIM
Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

POOR
People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"

UGLY
Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

VILE
Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

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SLIMY
Covered with or resembling slime; "a slimy substance covered the rocks"

SORRY
Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"

AWFUL
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

LOUSY
Vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"

SEEDY
Full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"

RATTY
Dirty and infested with rats

WORST
The weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of; "it was the worst he had ever done on a test"

NASTY
Characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"

PETTY
Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

SHARP
Quick and forceful; "a sharp blow"

SMALL
The slender part of the back

MANGY
Having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap; "a mangy carpet"; "a mangy old fur coat"

GRAVE
A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"

GROSS
Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

GAUDY
(Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college

FETID
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

DIRTY
Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

CUTIT

CUTUP
Significantly cut up a manuscript

CHEAP
Relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"

BLEAK
Offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"

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TRAGIC
Of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic hero"

TRYING
Extremely irritating to the nerves; "nerve-racking noise"; "the stressful days before a war"; "a trying day at the office"

TRASHY
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

TOOBAD
Deserving regret; "regrettable remarks"; "it's regrettable that she didn't go to college"; "it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church"

SLUMMY
(of housing or residential areas) indicative of poverty; "a slummy part of town"; "slum conditions"

SHODDY
Reclaimed wool fiber

SHABBY
Showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"

SHAZZY

SCUMMY
Of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

RUEFUL
Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

ROTTEN
Having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave"

PALTRY
Contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

SCURVY
A condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

MEASLY
Contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

MOVING
Used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion; "Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or `the movies'"

ODIOUS
Unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke

LUMPEN
Mentally sluggish

HORRID
Exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid"

LITTLE
(of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

FILTHY
Characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"

FOETID
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

CRUMMY
Of very poor quality; flimsy

COMMON
A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

DREARY
Causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"

CHEESY
Of very poor quality; flimsy

BRUTAL
Disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty"

BRITLE

BITTER
The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

ARRANT
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

SCABBY

DISMAL
Causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"

WOEFUL
Affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier

ABJECT
Of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

SORDID
Meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"

SCUZZY

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ABYSMAL
Resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean"

PITIFUL
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"

FORLORN
Marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"

SQUALID
Foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"

HAPLESS
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"

PITEOUS
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"

UNHAPPY
Generalized feeling of distress

UNCLEAN
Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

SLAVISH
Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"

SERVILE
Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"

SCRUFFY
Shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain

SCRUBBY
Inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"

RUTHFUL
Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

SCHLOCK
Merchandise that is shoddy or inferior

PAINFUL
Causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

OPPOSED
Being in opposition or having an opponent; "two bitterly opposed schools of thought"

NOTEASY

LOWDOWN

JOYLESS
Not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"

NOISOME
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

HOSTILE
Not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "hostile naval and air forces"

HENIOUS

HATEFUL
Evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly

IGNOBLE
Not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"

HARMFUL
Causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"

FULSOME
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"