wretchedness
Deep, abject suffering
Wretchedness is the state of deep misery or degradation.
It may describe emotional suffering the wretchedness of grief, physical squalor the wretchedness of the slums, or moral corruption the wretchedness of his betrayal.
The word carries a heaviness that unhappiness or sadness lacks—suggesting something that touches the soul or reduces human dignity.
Intense prolonged distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- despairTotal absence of hope
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
torment · suffering · woe · distress · heartache · agony · desolation · melancholy
Severe lack of resources
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
privation · want · hardship · neediness · impoverishment · pauperism · homelessness · starvation
Decline in condition
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- vilenessDespicable quality
- basenessMoral worthlessness
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
wickedness · sinfulness · debasement · turpitude · degeneracy · iniquity · sordidness · contemptibility
misery
Intense prolonged distress
grief · torment · suffering · woe · distress · heartache · agony · desolation · melancholy · gloom
poverty
Severe lack of resources
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- penuryExtreme lack of money
indigence · privation · want · hardship · neediness · impoverishment · pauperism · homelessness · starvation · malnutrition
degradation
Decline in condition
corruption · wickedness · sinfulness · debasement · turpitude · degeneracy · iniquity · sordidness · contemptibility · despicableness
humiliation
Loss of dignity
abasement · ignominy · stigma · disrepute · infamy · ostracism · degradation · outcasting · pariah · rejection
- despairdespair, hopelessness, desolation, despondency, dejection
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- sufferingagony, anguish, misery, pain, torment
- unpleasantnesspain, anger, sadness, misery, disgust
- PascalPascal's triangle, cycloid, probability theory, hydraulic press, syringe
- abjectionabjection, disgust, revulsion, repulsion, loathing
wretchednesshappiness
Joyful emotional state
joy · bliss · joyousness · exuberance · elation
wretchednessprosperity
Good fortune, success
blessing · flourishing · good fortune · well-being · comfort
wretchednessblessedness
State of spiritual grace
grace · dignity · nobility · virtue · worthiness