Wretchedness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or condition of a suffering wretch; a wretched or distressful state of being; great misery or affliction.
  • noun. Wretched character or quality; distressing, reprehensible, or despicable nature; aggravated or aggravating badness of any kind.
  • noun. That which is wretched or distressingly bad; wretched material, conduct, or the like; anything contemptible or despicable; wretched stuff.
  • noun. =Syn.1. Affliction, Grief, Sorrow, etc. See affliction.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
  • noun. A wretched object; anything despicably.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
  • noun. A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry
  • noun. a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
  • noun. the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant
  • Word Usage
    "Cursed, cursed be the fiend that brought misery on his grey hairs, and doomed him to waste in wretchedness!"
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