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wretchedness ['retʃidnis]

n. 可怜, 悲惨

His wretchedness aroused our sympathy.
他的不幸激起了我们的同情。
Her wretchedness made him feel miserable.
她的不幸让他感到十分难受。

wretchedness

[ noun ]

a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

<noun.state>

the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable

the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant

<noun.state>

the wretchedness for which these prisons became known

the grey wretchedness of the rain

the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry

<noun.attribute>

he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness

Wretchedness \Wretch"ed*ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
--Sir W. Raleigh.

2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.]

Eat worms and such wretchedness. --Chaucer.

The 1980s brought an explosion of prosperity to developed countries but was a "lost decade" for many Latin American nations that experienced more wretchedness than glorious excess.
Today, improvements have been made, but many of the 20.5 million people in the 13 states of Appalachia still live in wretchedness, in homes little more than shanties with no sewer systems and no running water.

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