1. (

• deplorable ,
• execrable ,
• miserable ,
• woeful ,
• wretched

) of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" ;

2. (

• miserable ,
• wretched

) characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor" ;

3. (

• miserable ,
• suffering ,
• wretched

) very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" ;

4. (

• despicable ,
• ugly ,
• vile ,
• slimy ,
• unworthy ,
• worthless ,
• wretched

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

5. (

• hapless ,
• miserable ,
• misfortunate ,
• pathetic ,
• piteous ,
• pitiable ,
• pitiful ,
• poor ,
• wretched

) 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" ;