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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Wretchedness

· Wretch·ed·ness · IPA /ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪdnəs/
01 n. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
  2. 2.
    A wretched object; anything despicably.[Obs.]
    “Eat worms and such wretchedness.” Chaucer.