Difference between Woeful and Wretched

Woeful

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: mournful or full of woe causing sorrow or regret

Wretched

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserableHatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.

Example sentence: Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.