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Wretchedness

The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.

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Discomfort 76% connected

To discourage; to deject.

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Inferiority 76% connected

The state of being inferior; a lower state or condition; as, inferiority of rank, of talents, of age, of worth.

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Suffering 76% connected

of Suffer

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Woe 76% connected

Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.

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Wretched 74% connected

Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wretched 74% connected

Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Miserableness 92% connected

The state or quality of being miserable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Misery 92% connected

Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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