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Webster 1913 Edition
Wretchedness
Wretch′ed-ness
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wretchedness
WRETCHEDNESS
,Noun.
1.
Extreme misery or unhappiness, either from want or sorrow; as the wretchedness of poor mendicants.We have, with the feeling, most the very memory of such wretchedness as our forefathers endured--
The prodigal brought nothing to his father but his rags and wretchedness.
2.
Meanness; despicableness; as the wretchedness of a performance.