" wretchedly "

1: in an unsatisfactory way;

  * e.g., " ... the whole hockey team played wretchedly that night "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bad,

•  badly,

•  deficiently,

•  inadequately,

•  lousily,

•  poorly,

•  unacceptably,

•  unsatisfactorily

•  Antonyms : 

•  acceptably,

•  adequately,

•  all right,

•  fine,

•  good,

•  nicely,

•  OK,

•  palatably,

•  passably,

•  satisfactorily,

•  so-so,

•  tolerably,

•  well

2: with feelings of bitterness or grief;

  * e.g., " ... we're wretchedly disappointed in you for behaving so irresponsibly "

•  Synonyms : 

•  agonizingly,

•  bitterly,

•  dolefully,

•  dolorously,

•  grievously,

•  hard,

•  hardly,

•  inconsolably,

•  lugubriously,

•  mournfully,

•  painfully,

•  plaintively,

•  regretfully,

•  resentfully,

•  ruefully,

•  sadly,

•  sorely,

•  sorrowfully,

•  unhappily,

•  wailfully,

•  woefully

•  Antonyms : 

•  blissfully,

•  gladly,

•  happily,

•  joyfully,

•  joyously

1: extremely unsatisfactory;

  * e.g., " ... this report is simply wretched—you'll have to rewrite it "

•  Synonyms : 

•  atrocious,

•  awful,

•  dismal,

•  execrable,

•  horrible,

•  lousy,

•  punk,

•  rotten,

•  sucky,

•  terrible

•  Antonyms : 

•  bitchin',

•  great,

•  marvelous,

•  wonderful

2: arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust;

  * e.g., " ... a wretched lie "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cheap,

•  contemptible,

•  cruddy,

•  deplorable,

•  despicable,

•  dirty,

•  grubby,

•  lame,

•  lousy,

•  mean,

•  nasty,

•  paltry,

•  pitiable,

•  pitiful,

•  ratty,

•  scabby,

•  scummy,

•  scurvy,

•  sneaking,

•  sorry

•  Antonyms : 

•  admirable,

•  commendable,

•  creditable,

•  laudable,

•  meritorious,

•  praiseworthy

3: causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer;

  * e.g., " ... lived alone in a wretched room in a run-down hotel "

•  Synonyms : 

•  black,

•  bleak,

•  cheerless,

•  chill,

•  Cimmerian,

•  cloudy,

•  cold,

•  comfortless,

•  dark,

•  darkening,

•  depressing,

•  depressive,

•  desolate,

•  dire,

•  disconsolate,

•  dismal,

•  drear,

•  dreary,

•  dreich,

•  elegiac,

•  forlorn,

•  funereal,

•  gloomy,

•  glum,

•  godforsaken,

•  gray,

•  lonely,

•  lonesome,

•  lugubrious,

•  miserable,

•  morbid,

•  morose,

•  murky,

•  plutonian,

•  saturnine,

•  sepulchral,

•  solemn,

•  somber,

•  sullen,

•  sunless,

•  tenebrific,

•  tenebrous

•  Antonyms : 

•  bright,

•  cheerful,

•  cheering,

•  cheery,

•  comforting,

•  cordial,

•  festive,

•  friendly,

•  gay,

•  heartwarming,

•  sunshiny