| NOUN | state | wretchedness, misery, miserableness | a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune |
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| state | wretchedness | the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant | |
| attribute | wretchedness | the quality of being poor / poor and inferior and sorry |
| Meaning | A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune. | |
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| Example | "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable" | |
| Synonyms | misery, miserableness | |
| Narrower | concentration camp | A situation characterized by crowding / crowding and extremely harsh conditions |
| living death | A state of constant misery | |
| suffering, woe | misery resulting from affliction | |
| Broader | ill-being | lack of prosperity or happiness or health |
| Spanish | desdicha, desgracia | |
| Catalan | desgràcia, dissort | |
| Adjectives | wretched | deserving or inciting pity |
| wretched | very unhappy | |
| Meaning | The character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant. | |
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| Broader | discomfort, uncomfortableness | The state of being tense and feeling pain |
| Adjectives | wretched | characterized by physical misery |
| Meaning | The quality of being poor / poor and inferior and sorry. | |
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| Example | "he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness" | |
| Broader | inferiority, low quality | An inferior quality |
| Adjectives | wretched | of very poor quality or condition |
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