wretchedness

Meaning

  1. (uncountable, usually) An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
  2. (uncountable, usually) A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.

Synonyms

misery
B2
squalor
31k
poverty
C1
distress
C1
sordidness
trouble
A1
degradation
24k
miserableness
trashiness
seediness
woefulness
abjection
misfortune
C1
nastiness
45k
scrubbiness
foulness
hardship
C2
humility
C2
indigence
ineptness
inferiority
28k
lowliness
pauperization
ruin
B1
shabbiness
sorrow
B2
toil
C2
unpleasantness
27k
unworthiness
want
A1
weakness
B2
pain
A2

slumminess

accursedness
adversity
C2
affliction
20k
anguish
C2
bad luck
baseness
beastliness
beggarliness
despicability
despicableness
discomfort
C2
evil
A2
feebleness
fifth
B2
5th
Translations

misère
miserabilità
Elend
desdicha
miseria
ellende

δυστυχία

nood
miseria
Not

κακομοιριά

desgracia

Erbärmlichkeit

αθλιότητα

αθλιότης

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪdnəs/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
wrecchednesse
In summary

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

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