WRETCHEDNESS
\ɹˈɛt͡ʃɪdnəs], \ɹˈɛtʃɪdnəs], \ɹ_ˈɛ_tʃ_ɪ_d_n_ə_s]\
Definitions of WRETCHEDNESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
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a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
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By Noah Webster.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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