suicidal vs wretched

suicidal

adj
  • Pertaining to suicide. 

  • Likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide. 

  • Extremely reckless. 

  • Highly likely to certain to result in the deaths of the participants; dangerous or reckless to such a degree as to be tantamount to suicide for those taking part. 

noun
  • Someone suicidal; someone likely to kill themselves. 

wretched

adj
  • Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable. 

  • Of a person, etc.: behaving in a manner deserving contempt; base, despicable, wicked. 

  • Of weather: causing much discomfort; very unpleasant; miserable. 

  • Of an inferior or unworthy nature or social status; contemptible, lowly. 

  • Of an insignificant, mean, or poor nature; miserable, paltry, worthless. 

  • Used to express annoyance towards or dislike of someone or something: bloody, damned. 

How often have the words suicidal and wretched occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )