"wretchful" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2012, Rudolph Altrocchi, PhD; Edited by Paul and John Altrocchi, The Playful Spirit: Italian Humor - Page 130",
          "text": "The wretch had the pernicious habit of writing in Milanese dialect. He was doubly wretchful when he took the liberty of giving birth to parodies of the Divine Comedy."
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  ],
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    {
      "form": "more wretchful",
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        "comparative"
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    {
      "form": "most wretchful",
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        "superlative"
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