WRETCHEDNESS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does wretchedness mean? 

• WRETCHEDNESS (noun)
  The noun WRETCHEDNESS has 3 senses:

1. a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
2. the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant
3. the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry

  Familiarity information: WRETCHEDNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRETCHEDNESS (noun)

Meaning:

A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

miserableness; misery; wretchedness

Context example:

the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable

Hypernyms ("wretchedness" is a kind of...):

ill-being (lack of prosperity or happiness or health)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wretchedness"):

concentration camp (a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions)

living death (a state of constant misery)

suffering; woe (misery resulting from affliction)

Meaning:

The character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context examples:

the wretchedness for which these prisons became known / the grey wretchedness of the rain

Hypernyms ("wretchedness" is a kind of...):

discomfort; uncomfortableness (the state of being tense and feeling pain)

Meaning:

The quality of being poor and inferior and sorry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness

Hypernyms ("wretchedness" is a kind of...):

inferiority; low quality (an inferior quality)