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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.