nnoun.statea state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortuneSynset:miserableness misery
Examples:- the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
Derivationally Related Form:wretchedmiserable
Hypernyms:ill-being
Inherited Hypernyms:miseryill-beingadversitymisfortunefortuneconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:concentration campliving deathsufferingwoe
Full Hyponyms:concentration campliving deathsuffering
nnoun.statethe character of being uncomfortable and unpleasantExamples:- the wretchedness for which these prisons became known
- the grey wretchedness of the rain
Derivationally Related Form:wretched
Hypernyms:discomfort uncomfortableness
Inherited Hypernyms:wretchednessdiscomfortconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.attributethe quality of being poor and inferior and sorryExamples:- he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness
Derivationally Related Form:wretched
Hypernyms:inferiority low quality
Inherited Hypernyms:wretchednessinferiorityqualitydegreepropertyattributeabstractionentity