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| Definition: | [n] a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable" | ||
| Synonyms: | misery | ||
| See Also: | ill-being, living death, suffering, woe | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \Wretch"ed*ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
--Sir W. Raleigh.
2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.]
Eat worms and such wretchedness. --Chaucer.
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