1. (

• misery ,
• wretchedness ,
• miserableness

) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable" ;

2. (

• wretchedness ,

) the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant; "the wretchedness for which these prisons became known"; "the grey wretchedness of the rain" ;

3. (

• wretchedness

) the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; "he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness" ;