wretched

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wretched/ˈretʃɪd/

▶adjective (wretcheder, wretchedest)

• 1 in a very unhappy or unfortunate state; miserable.

• 2 used to express anger or annoyance: she disliked the wretched man intensely.

– derivatives
wretchedly adverb,
wretchedness noun.

– origin ME: formed irregularly from wretch + -ed1.