Synonyms of wretchedness
34 similar words
Another word for wretchedness is ill-being. Other synonyms of wretchedness are depression, misery, sorrow, grief and woe.
Synonyms and similar words for wretchedness
nounAn unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
- miseryGreat unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
- unhappinessThe feeling of not being happy.
- bluenessMelancholy.
- tristesse literarySadness.
- mirthlessLacking mirth; devoid of joy; sad.
- bluesA feeling of sadness or depression.
- crestfallennessThe quality of being crestfallen.
- dejectionA state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
- depressionA state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future...
- despondencyA feeling of depression or disheartenment.
- distress
- dolefulnessThe characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
- downheartednessThe characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
- forlornnessThe state or characteristic of being forlorn; sadness; loneliness.
- griefEmotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or...
- ill-beingThe state of being ill, unhealthy, or unhappy; misery; miserableness.
- infelicity
- melancholiaDeep sadness or gloom; melancholy.
- melancholyGreat sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
- mourn literarySorrow, grief.
- sadness
- sorrowUnhappiness, woe.
- sorrowfulnessThe quality or state of sorrow; sadness.
- tristfulnessSadness; sorrow; melancholy.
- undelightThe condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure.
- woeGreat sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
- woefareDiscontentment; sorrow; unhappiness.
- drearihead obsoleteSadness; dreariness.
- heartsore rareHeartache, misery, grief.
- mishappiness obsoleteUnhappiness; wretchedness; misery.
- prosternation obsoleteDejection; depression.
- regret obsolete
- rue archaic, dialectalSorrow; repentance; regret.
- ruth obsoleteDistress, misery, sorrow.
Meaning of wretchedness
- noun An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
- noun A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.
wretchedness in other languages
Questions about synonyms of wretchedness
- What is another word for wretchedness?
- Wretchedness has 34 synonyms on Word.ws, such as ill-being, depression, misery, sorrow, grief, woe, unhappiness and melancholy.
- What does wretchedness mean?
- Wretchedness means an unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
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