wretched
要点非常に不幸(不運)な、みじめな、卑劣な
意味
- 非常に不幸(不運)な,ひどく気がめいった
- (物事が)みじめな,悲惨な,ひどい
- 《名詞の前にのみ用いて》卑劣な,いやな
例文
The family lived a wretched life during the war.
その家族は戦争中みじめな生活をした。
They live in a wretched little house.
彼らはみすぼらしい小さな家に住んでいる。
He lived a wretched life when young.
彼は若い頃惨めな生活を送った。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English wrecched (“(adjective) characterized by or suffering hardship or misfortune, miserable, unfortunate, unhappy; indigent, poor; of low economic or social status, lowly; (noun) miserable person”) [and other forms], from wrecche (“characterized by or suffering hardship or misfortune, miserable, unfortunate, unhappy; indigent, poor; of low economic or social status, lowly; base, contemptible, vile; reprehensible, wicked; miserly, stingy; of little importance, paltry, worthless”) (from Late Old English wrecc, from Old English wreċċa (“an exile, outcast”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to follow, track; to hunt”)) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives).