"wretchedness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪdnəs/ Audio: en-us-wretchedness.ogg 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), kenistaan (Indonesian), 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 97 3 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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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