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wretchednesse

wretchednesse is the obsolete spelling of wretchedness.

Meaning of wretchedness

Noun

wretchedness (usually uncountable, plural wretchednesses)

  1. (usually) An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
    • She saw only that he was quiet and unobtrusive, and she liked him for it. He did not disturb the wretchedness of her mind by ill-timed conversation.1811, Jane Austen, chapter 3, in Sense and Sensibility
  2. (usually) A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.

Forms of wretchednesse

pluralwretchednesses

Questions about wretchednesse

What is wretchednesse the obsolete spelling of?
Wretchednesse is the obsolete spelling of wretchedness.

Words near wretchednesse in the dictionary

  1. wretcheder
  2. wretchedest
  3. wretchedly
  4. wretchedmost
  5. wretchedness
  6. wretchednesse
  7. wretchednesses
  8. wretches
  9. wretchful
  10. wretchless
  11. wretchlessly

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