Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wretchedness

3 senses of wretchedness

Sense 1
misery, wretchedness, miserableness -- (a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable")
       => ill-being -- (lack of prosperity or happiness or health)

Sense 2
wretchedness -- (the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant; "the wretchedness for which these prisons became known"; "the grey wretchedness of the rain")
       => discomfort, uncomfortableness -- (the state of being tense and feeling pain)

Sense 3
wretchedness -- (the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; "he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness")
       => inferiority, low quality -- (an inferior quality)