wretchedness

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wretchedness [re-chid-nes]

sustantivo

1. Infelicidad, desdicha, miseria, desgracia (misfortune), desventura.

2. Vileza, ruindad, bajez

adjetivo

3. Naturaleza miserable; pobreza; mala índole.

wretchedness [ˈretʃɪdnɪs]

noun

1 (unhappiness) desdicha (f)

2 (abjectness) [of conditions] miseria (f); [of life, existence] desgracia (f); infelicidad (f)

the pain and wretchedness of this man's life

(poverty) miseria (f)

the poor huddled in sordid wretchedness in dirty hovels of mud and straw lands inhabited by hunters, horse thieves, and savages where wretchedness, poverty, and sickness would always reign He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness He died in utter wretchedness her songs are all about the wretchedness of love, the fickleness of women, and the strength of a good man

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