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English to English adjective
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Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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of very poor quality or condition | | Example: deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
woeful treatment of the accused
woeful errors of judgment
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characterized by physical misery | | Example: a wet miserable weekend
spent a wretched night on the floor
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very unhappy; full of misery | | Example: he felt depressed and miserable
a message of hope for suffering humanity
wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
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morally reprehensible | | Example: would do something as despicable as murder
ugly crimes
the vile development of slavery appalled them
a slimy little liar
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deserving or inciting pity | | Example: a hapless victim
miserable victims of war
the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
piteous appeals for help
pitiable homeless children
a pitiful fate
Oh, you poor thing
his poor distorted limbs
a wretched life
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