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