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n. An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.

n. A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.

n. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.

n. A wretched object; anything despicably.

n. The state or condition of a suffering wretch; a wretched or distressful state of being; great misery or affliction.

n. Wretched character or quality; distressing, reprehensible, or despicable nature; aggravated or aggravating badness of any kind.

n. That which is wretched or distressingly bad; wretched material, conduct, or the like; anything contemptible or despicable; wretched stuff.

n. =Syn.1. Affliction, Grief, Sorrow, etc. See affliction.

n. the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry

n. a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

n. the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant

"They try so hard to please their parents and even harder to understand them, and their resulting wretchedness is one of the most haunting subplots of the novel."

low quality    inferiority    discomfort    uncomfortableness   

destitution    squalor    misery    humiliation    suffer    hardship    degradation    desolation    helplessness    poverty