noun
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
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the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
• Syn: ↑misery, ↑wretchedness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑miserable, ↑wretched (for: ↑wretchedness)
• Hypernyms: ↑ill-being
• Hyponyms: ↑concentration camp, ↑living death, ↑suffering, ↑woe
Useful english dictionary. 2012.