wretchedness
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Related to wretchedness: preoccupied, impoverished
wretch·ed
(rĕch′ĭd)adj. wretch·ed·er, wretch·ed·est
1. In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable: "the wretched prisoners huddling in the stinking cages" (George Orwell).
2. Characterized by or attended with misery or woe: a wretched life.
3. Of a poor or mean character; dismal: a wretched building.
4. Contemptible; despicable: wretched treatment of the patients.
5. Of very inferior quality: wretched prose.
[Middle English wrecched, from wrecche, wretch; see wretch.]
wretch′ed·ly adv.
wretch′ed·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() ill-being - lack of prosperity or happiness or health concentration camp - a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions living death - a state of constant misery |
2. | wretchedness - the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant; "the wretchedness for which these prisons became known"; "the grey wretchedness of the rain" discomfort, uncomfortableness - the state of being tense and feeling pain | |
3. | wretchedness - the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; "he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness" low quality, inferiority - an inferior quality |
wretchedness
nounTranslations
تَعاسَه، بُؤْس، شَقاء
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wretchedness
[ˈretʃɪdnɪs] N1. (= unhappiness) → desdicha f
2. (= abjectness) [of conditions] → miseria f; [of life, existence] → desgracia f, infelicidad f; (= poverty) → miseria f
wretchedness
wretchedness
[ˈrɛtʃɪdnɪs] n (of life, conditions, pay) → miseria; (unhappiness) → infelicità; (of behaviour, weather) → meschinitàwretch
(retʃ) noun1. a miserable, unhappy creature. The poor wretch!
2. a name used in annoyance or anger. You wretch!
wretched (ˈretʃid) adjective1. very poor or miserable. They live in a wretched little house.
2. used in annoyance. This wretched machine won't work!
ˈwretchedly adverbˈwretchedness noun