Synonyms for wretchedness
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Noun
1. Misery — an unhappy state of mental or physical suffering
misery, desolation, woe, unhappiness, sorrow, distress, affliction, sadness, melancholy, grief, depression, melancholia, infelicity, miserableness, anguish, dejection, agony, despondency, bitterness, heartache, tribulation, remorse
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Definitions
- n. 1
An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
Forms
- Plural
- wretchednesses → miseries, desolations, woes, unhappinesses…
Example sentences
- misery Tom blamed all his misery on planned obsolescence.
- woe It is better to say "woe is me" than "woe is us".
- unhappiness This created a lot of unhappiness in Yanni's life.
- desolation The desolation left in his wake is staggering.
- squalor The squalor of the slums is not for the faint hearted.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| wretchedness | steady | |
| misery | rising | |
| woe | rising | |
| unhappiness | rising | |
| desolation | rising | |
| squalor | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- woe1
- 5 letters
- grief1, agony3
- 6 letters
- misery3, sorrow2
- 7 letters
- sadness2, remorse2, anguish2, squalor2
- 8 letters
- distress2
- 9 letters
- heartache2, dejection
- 10 letters
- depression3, bitterness3, melancholy4, affliction3, desolation4, infelicity
- 11 letters
- unhappiness4, tribulation4, melancholia, despondency4
- 13 letters
- miserableness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agony3 = 3 syllables).