wretched

adj. sorry, poor, pitiable; miserable; contemptible; base, vile

Wretched was a hardcore punk band from Milan, Italy. Along with other bands such as Indigesti, they formed the basis of the hardcore scene in Italy during the 1980s. Their music was usually fast-paced with violent and dark lyrics.
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Adjective
1. of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
(synonym) deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful
(similar) inferior
2. characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"
(synonym) miserable
(similar) uncomfortable
3. very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
(synonym) miserable, suffering
(similar) unhappy
4. 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"
(synonym) hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor
(similar) unfortunate

(a.)
Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.
  

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

(a.)
Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.
  

gou3 wei3 xu4 diao1
A dog's tail sequel a marten.
A wretched sequel to an excellent work.

lang2 bei4 bu4 kan1
A difficult situation than cannot be endured.
To be extremely miserable and wretched, in a sorrow plight, awkward position and/or sore straits. The expression 狼狈 can be used in many contexts.