wretchedness
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
Types & categories
- ill-being hypernym
- concentration camp hyponym
- living death hyponym
- woe hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant
the wretchedness for which these prisons became known
Types & categories
- discomfort hypernym
Related & opposite
- wretched derivation
Sense 3 noun
the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry
he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness
Types & categories
- low quality hypernym
Related & opposite
- wretched derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wretched |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | poor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | miserable |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wretched |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ill-being |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | concentration camp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | living death |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | woe |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wretched |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | discomfort |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wretched |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | low quality |