wretchedness

WRETCHEDNESS, noun 1. Extreme misery or unhappiness, either from want or sorrow; as the wretchedness of poor mendicants.We have, with the feeling, most the very memory of such wretchedness as our forefathers endured--The prodigal brought nothing to his father but his rags and wretchedness 2. Meanness; despicableness; as the wretchedness of a performance