wretchedness

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune (Freq. 1)
- the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
• Syn:
misery, miserableness
• Derivationally related forms:
miserable (for: miserableness), wretched
• Hypernyms:
ill-being
• Hyponyms:
concentration camp, living death, suffering, woe
2. the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant
- the wretchedness for which these prisons became known
- the grey wretchedness of the rain
• Derivationally related forms:
wretched
• Hypernyms:
discomfort, uncomfortableness
3. the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry
- he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness
• Derivationally related forms:
wretched
• Hypernyms:
inferiority, low quality

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  misery, miserableness