"wretchedness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪdnəs/ Audio: en-us-wretchedness.ogg [US] Forms: wretchednesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wrecchednesse; equivalent to wretched + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wrecchednesse}} Middle English wrecchednesse, {{suffix|en|wretched|ness}} wretched + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} wretchedness (usually uncountable, plural wretchednesses)
  1. An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: misery Translations (an unhappy state of mental or physical suffering): miskinlik (Azerbaijani), Erbarmungswürdigkeit [feminine] (German), Armseligkeit [feminine] (German), Erbärmlichkeit [feminine] (German), شقا (şaka) (Ottoman Turkish), Älent [neuter] (Plautdietsch)
    Sense id: en-wretchedness-en-noun-h2c8vslK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'an unhappy state of mental or physical suffering': 87 13
  2. A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-wretchedness-en-noun-yFOcrm8C

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