{
    "term": "wretched",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "feeling ill or unhappy",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You look wretched—what's wrong?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt wretched about the way things had turned out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She looked thoroughly wretched."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "extremely bad or unpleasant",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She had a wretched time of it at school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The animals are kept in the most wretched conditions."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "awful"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "making you feel sympathy or making you sad",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "pitiful"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used to show that you think that somebody/something is extremely annoying",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Is it that wretched woman again?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈretʃɪd/",
                "audio": "wr/wretched/wretched__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈretʃɪd/",
                "audio": "wr/wretched/wretched__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: formed irregularly from wretch + -ed."
}