wretchedness
(noun)
noun
1. a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
- the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
Similar word(s): miserableness, misery
Definition categories: state
2. the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant
- the wretchedness for which these prisons became known
- the grey wretchedness of the rain
Definition categories: state, discomfort, uncomfortableness
3. the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry
- he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness
Definition categories: attribute, inferiority