Wretchedness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wretchedness \Wretch"ed*ness\, n.
     1. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
        --Sir W. Raleigh.
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     2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.]


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              Eat worms and such wretchedness.      --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wretchedness
       n : a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the
           misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
           [syn: {misery}]