wretchedness

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
  2. noun the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant
  3. noun the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry

Etymology

From Middle English wrecchednesse; equivalent to wretched + -ness.

In classic literature

Synonyms

misery, miserableness

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