wretchedness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English wrecchednesse; equivalent to wretched + -ness.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wretchedness (usually uncountable, plural wretchednesses)
- An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
- Synonym: misery
- 1811, Jane Austen, chapter 3, in Sense and Sensibility:
- She saw only that he was quiet and unobtrusive, and she liked him for it. He did not disturb the wretchedness of her mind by ill-timed conversation.
- A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.
Translations[edit]
an unhappy state of mental or physical suffering
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