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wretchedness
noun
A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
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ˈɹɛtʃɪdnəs
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noun
A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
“The misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable”
noun
The character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant
“The wretchedness for which these prisons became known”
noun
The quality of being poor and inferior and sorry
“He has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness”
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The misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
The wretchedness for which these prisons became known
The grey wretchedness of the rain
He has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness
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