"wretchedness" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune (synset 114471799)
"the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"

is a type of: ill-being - lack of prosperity or happiness or health
subtypes:
- concentration camp - a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions
- living death - a state of constant misery
- suffering, woe - misery resulting from affliction
same as: miserableness, misery
The character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant (synset 114470769)
"the wretchedness for which these prisons became known"; "the grey wretchedness of the rain"

is a type of: discomfort, uncomfortableness - the state of being tense and feeling pain
The quality of being poor and inferior and sorry (synset 104738549)
"he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness"

is a type of: inferiority, low quality - an inferior quality