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Hurtful vs Wretched - What's the difference?

hurtful | wretched | Related terms |

Hurtful is a related term of wretched.


As adjectives the difference between hurtful and wretched

is that hurtful is tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury while wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

Forsaken vs Wretched - What's the difference?

forsaken | wretched | Related terms |

Forsaken is a related term of wretched.


As adjectives the difference between forsaken and wretched

is that forsaken is deserted; abandoned while wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

As a verb forsaken

is .

Wrench vs Wretched - What's the difference?

wrench | wretched |


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between wrench and wretched

is that wrench is (obsolete) to thrust a weapon in a twisting motion while wretched is (obsolete) hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.

As a noun wrench

is (obsolete) a trick or artifice.

As a verb wrench

is (obsolete) to violently move in a turn or writhe.

As an adjective wretched is

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

Wretched vs Piteous - What's the difference?

wretched | piteous |


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between wretched and piteous

is that wretched is (obsolete) hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked while piteous is (obsolete) paltry; mean; pitiful.

As adjectives the difference between wretched and piteous

is that wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting while piteous is pitiful; evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy.

Baneful vs Wretched - What's the difference?

baneful | wretched | Related terms |

Baneful is a related term of wretched.


As adjectives the difference between baneful and wretched

is that baneful is exceedingly harmful; causing harm, death, ruin while wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

Pernicious vs Wretched - What's the difference?

pernicious | wretched | Related terms |

Pernicious is a related term of wretched.


As adjectives the difference between pernicious and wretched

is that pernicious is causing much harm in a subtle way while wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

Wretched vs Degenerate - What's the difference?

wretched | degenerate | Related terms |

Wretched is a related term of degenerate.


As adjectives the difference between wretched and degenerate

is that wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting while degenerate is (of qualities) having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.

As a noun degenerate is

one is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature.

As a verb degenerate is

to lose good or desirable qualities.

Doleful vs Wretched - What's the difference?

doleful | wretched | Related terms |

Doleful is a related term of wretched.


As adjectives the difference between doleful and wretched

is that doleful is filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness while wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

Abandoned vs Wretched - What's the difference?

abandoned | wretched | Related terms |

Abandoned is a related term of wretched.


As adjectives the difference between abandoned and wretched

is that abandoned is self-abandoned, or given up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked; as, an abandoned villain while wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

As a verb abandoned

is (abandon).

Wretched vs Solitary - What's the difference?

wretched | solitary | Related terms |

Wretched is a related term of solitary.


As adjectives the difference between wretched and solitary

is that wretched is very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting while solitary is living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.

As a noun solitary is

one who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.

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