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wretchednesses

wretchednesses is the plural 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.

Questions about wretchednesses

What is wretchednesses the plural of?
Wretchednesses is the plural of wretchedness.

Words near wretchednesses in the dictionary

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

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