A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune.
1 He was wretched; and in his wretchedness his resolves became involuntarily weakened.
2 All the rest of the day he would mope in silent wretchedness .
3 But he who takes no part in it lives on in wretchedness .
4 They are alone; this is the secret of their wretchedness and impotence.
5 But hunger and wretchedness rise superior to fears in the long run.
6 Meanwhile, behind closed doors, all kinds of adult wretchedness is taking place.
7 The wretchedness and grimness of it all smote him to the heart.
8 Such are the many, and the many make the wretchedness of earth.
9 That was why I was here in rags and filth and wretchedness .
10 I therefore squatted down, in a state of the most abject wretchedness .
11 One day had wiped out all the wretchedness of the last year.
12 She stood for a moment shuddering at the wretchedness of the room.
13 Look at the agony, and wretchedness and woe all over the land.
14 Now it belongs to the developers; and the wretchedness of Abidjan encroaches.
15 This mistake is the foundation of a world of wretchedness and ruin.
16 Evil of some kind is ever the cause of destitution and wretchedness .
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