Associations to the word «Wretchedness»

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

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