The Collaborative Dictionary
Wretchedness \Wretch"ed*ness\,
n.
The quality or state of being wretched; utter
misery. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster] Eat worms and such wretchedness. --Chaucer. [1913
Webster]
Word Net
wretchedness n : a state of ill-being due to
affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those
slums is intolerable" [syn:
misery]
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