wretchedness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry

   They have compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness.

2. 2
   noun

   the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant

   The wretchedness for which these prisons became known.

3. 3
   noun

   a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

   The misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable.

From Middle English wrecchednesse; equivalent to wretched + -ness.

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