Engelsk navneord: wretchedness | |||
1. | wretchedness (om tilstand) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | miserableness, misery | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | ill-being | ||
Mere specifikke termer | concentration camp, living death, suffering, woe | ||
2. | wretchedness (om tilstand) the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The wretchedness for which these prisons became known. The grey wretchedness of the rain. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | discomfort, uncomfortableness | ||
3. | wretchedness (om egenskab) the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | inferiority, low quality | ||