"wretchedness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈrɛt͡ʃɪdnəs/ Audio: en-us-wretchedness.ogg [US] Forms: wretchedness [singular], [plural]
Etymology: wretched + -ness Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|wretched|ness}} wretched + -ness Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Wretchedness is an unhappy state of pain of the mind and body.
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  2. Wretchedness is a long state of very bad luck.
    Sense id: simple-wretchedness-en-noun-yXf8FcVK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ness
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