Dictionary Check: wretchedness

"wretchedness" is a valid word!

Scrabble 21 points
Words with Friends 22 points

Definition

noun

a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

Example: "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
Synonyms:
noun

the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant

Example: "the wretchedness for which these prisons became known"
noun

the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry

Example: "he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness"

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