Associations to the word «Wretchedness»
Noun
- Misery
- Filth
- Woe
- Degradation
- Desolation
- Ignorance
- Despair
- Poverty
- Wickedness
- Idleness
- Hunger
- Suffering
- Happiness
- Anguish
- Rag
- Folly
- Disgrace
- Toil
- Misfortune
- Reproach
- Greatness
- Indignation
- Disappointment
- Hereafter
- Sorrow
- Pity
- Tumult
- Guilt
- Shame
- Excess
- Enjoyment
- Solitude
- Starvation
- Thirst
- Torment
- Sickness
- Calamity
- Compassion
- Midst
- Oppression
- Weariness
- Ruin
- Groan
- Hardship
- Splendour
- Tyranny
- Blindness
- Consolation
- Tyrant
- Grievance
- Shudder
- Comfort
- Distress
- Ill
- Famine
- Depth
- Torture
- Slavery
- Agitation
- Plunge
- Mankind
- Prosperity
- Extreme
- Countenance
Adjective
Wiktionary
WRETCHEDNESS, noun. An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
WRETCHEDNESS, noun. A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.
Dictionary definition
WRETCHEDNESS, noun. A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable".
WRETCHEDNESS, noun. The character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant; "the wretchedness for which these prisons became known"; "the grey wretchedness of the rain".
WRETCHEDNESS, noun. The quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; "he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness".
Wise words
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.