Another word for wretchedness
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Noun
A state of physical or mental suffering
- An injury to an organism, especially one in which the skin or another external surface is torn, pierced, cut, or otherwise broken.
- An injury to the feelings.
- To inflict wounds or a wound on.
- Sorrow or grief; misery.
- Misfortune or wretchedness:
- A cause of sorrow or misery; a misfortune:
- Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
- Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony:
- An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish:
- Great physical pain or mental anguish.
- A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
- The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.
- An unpleasant feeling occurring as a result of injury or disease, usually localized in some part of the body:
- Bodily suffering characterized by such feelings:
- Mental or emotional suffering; distress.
- The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.
- Mental or emotional unhappiness or distress:
- A cause or source of suffering:
- To cause physical damage or pain to (an individual or a body part); injure:
- To experience injury or pain to or in (an individual or a body part):
- To cause mental or emotional suffering to; distress:
- To cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to.
- To mar or otherwise treat (an object or fabric, for example) to give the appearance of an antique or of heavy prior use.
- To constrain or overcome by harassment.
- Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment.
- To cause to feel or suffer anguish.
- To feel or suffer anguish.
- The suffering of intense physical or mental pain:
- An instance of such suffering:
- A sudden or intense emotion:
- A condition of pain, suffering, or distress:
- A cause of pain, suffering, or distress:
See also:A state of prolonged anguish and privation
- Sorrow or grief; misery.
- Misfortune or wretchedness:
- A cause of sorrow or misery; a misfortune:
- The condition of one who suffers; the bearing of pain or distress.
- An instance of pain or distress.
- The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.
- Mental or emotional unhappiness or distress:
- A cause or source of suffering:
See also:
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Another word for wretchedness
Noun
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- A period of stagnation or slump.
- A period of depression or unhappy listlessness.
- A region of the ocean near the equator, characterized by calms, light winds, or squalls.
- A state of depression or melancholy. Often used with the.
- A style of music that evolved from southern African-American secular songs and is usually distinguished by a strong 4/4 rhythm, flatted thirds and sevenths, a 12-bar structure, and lyrics in a three-line stanza in which the second line repeats the first:
- A gloomy, melancholy state of mind; depression. Often used with the :
- nervous depression
- the quality of having a bitter taste
- the quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment
- The act or an instance of desolating.
- The state of being desolate.
- Devastation; ruin:
- To lose all hope:
- To be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat.
- Complete loss of hope.
- The condition of being desperate.
- Recklessness arising from despair.
- Great physical pain or mental anguish.
- A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
- The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.
- Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering:
- An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith.
- Absence of contentment; dissatisfaction.
- A restless longing for better circumstances.
- One who is discontented.
- Mental or bodily distress.
- Something that disturbs one's comfort; an annoyance.
- To make uncomfortable; distress.
- The state of being dejected; low spirits.
- Evacuation of the intestinal tract; defecation.
- Extreme, persistent sadness or hopelessness; depression. No longer in clinical use.
- The act of depressing.
- The condition of being depressed.
- An area that is sunk below its surroundings; a hollow.
- an act of disillusioning
- the fact or state of being disillusioned
- Sorrow or grief; misery.
- Misfortune or wretchedness:
- A cause of sorrow or misery; a misfortune:
- an abject state or condition
- the projection of spores from a sporophore
- A condition of pain, suffering, or distress:
- A cause of pain, suffering, or distress:
- A state of distress, affliction, difficulty, or need:
- A distressing or difficult circumstance or situation:
- A cause or source of distress, disturbance, or difficulty:
- Deep mental anguish, as that arising from bereavement, or an instance of this.
- A source or cause of deep mental anguish:
- Annoyance or frustration, or an instance of this:
- To cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to.
- To mar or otherwise treat (an object or fabric, for example) to give the appearance of an antique or of heavy prior use.
- To constrain or overcome by harassment.
- The feeling of not being happy
- Depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejection.
- The state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts.
- Deficiency in amount; scantiness:
- Unproductiveness; infertility:
- The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.
- Mental or emotional unhappiness or distress:
- A cause or source of suffering:
Antonyms:
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