wretchedness, n.
(wretchednesses)
freq. cnt. 1
(wretchednesses)
freq. cnt. 1
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 1
miserableness misery wretchedness
sample sentences
"the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry
<noun.attribute>
wretchedness
sample sentences
"he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant
<noun.state>
wretchedness
sample sentences
"the wretchedness for which these prisons became known""the grey wretchedness of the rain"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym