Wretchedness
['rɛtʃɪdnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; 'he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness'.
(noun.) the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant; 'the wretchedness for which these prisons became known'; 'the grey wretchedness of the rain'.
Edited by Glenn--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
(n.) A wretched object; anything despicably.
Edited by Clifford
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Unhappiness, distress, misery, affliction, WOE.
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Examples
- Are you to be happy, while I grovel in the intensity of my wretchedness? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Shall I, in cool blood, set loose upon the earth a d?mon, whose delight is in death and wretchedness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The shame, desertion, wretchedness, and exposure of the great capital; the wet, the cold, the slow hours, and the swift clouds of the dismal night. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- There was wretchedness in the idea of its being serious; there was perplexity and agitation every way. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- In reality, as she knew, he had but one subject: himself and his wretchedness; and it was the need of her sympathy that had drawn him back. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Her wretchedness I could have borne, but her passionher maliceAt all events it must be appeased. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Miss Wren's troublesome child was in the corner in deep disgrace, and exhibiting great wretchedness in the shivering stage of prostration from drink. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His family is nothing but bills, dirt, waste, noise, tumbles downstairs, confusion, and wretchedness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I passed a night of unmingled wretchedness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Is a man in my state of nervous wretchedness capable of writing narratives? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- His fine and lovely eyes were now lighted up with indignation, now subdued to downcast sorrow, and quenched in infinite wretchedness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I had only noticed her temper at firSt. I noticed her wretchedness now--and wretchedness is not uncommonly insolent, you will find, in humble life. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Nothing at all like wretchedness, upon my honour, retorted Leinster. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She has no strength of will or character to help herself and she is on the brink of being sold into wretchedness for life. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I only say, with all my guilt and wretchedness upon my head, that I am grateful to her from my soul, and love her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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