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Explore Wretchedness through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like misery or discomfort. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Wretchedness meaning

  1. An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
  2. A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.

Synonyms of Wretchedness

misery miserableness ill-being discomfort uncomfortableness inferiority low quality

Related words

Other words often associated with Wretchedness or its synonyms:

calibre condition superiority comfort caliber status quality hurt unhappiness soreness hardship suffering

Using Wretchedness

  • The main meaning on this page is: An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering. | A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.
  • Useful related words include: misery, miserableness, ill-being, discomfort.
  • In the example corpus, wretchedness often appears in combinations such as: the wretchedness, wretchedness of.

Context around Wretchedness

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

widespread 1×

Sentence patterns with Wretchedness

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and the wretchedness of the 1× mockery and wretchedness of this 1× of what wretchedness and grace 1× such widespread wretchedness he began 1× to such wretchedness as that 1× with the wretchedness 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

he is entirely 1× i m struggling 1× norris p 66 1× romanticism revered the 1× seeking solutions to 1× the poet and 1×

Common sentence endings:

and grace means 1× marxist leninist literature 1× of this existence 1× rued the same 1× the working classes 1× with the wretchedness 1×

Words around Wretchedness

Just before it in the word index:

wretchedly 4 wretched 113 wretch 12 wrestplank 2 wrestling 2.133 wrestlezone 2

Just after it in the word index:

wretches 4 wretzky 5 wrex 2 wrexham 594 wrf 5 wrgb 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Wretchedness

  • In this selection, "wretchedness" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, widespread stand out and add context to how "wretchedness" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the wretchedness of the and mockery and wretchedness of this. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "wretchedness" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with wretchedness

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

I’m struggling to reconcile the city I love with the wretchedness. (12 words)

Seeking solutions to such widespread wretchedness, he began to read Marxist-Leninist literature. (13 words)

He is entirely imbued and penetrated with it; everywhere his theme is the mockery and wretchedness of this existence. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

The poet and colonist Edmund Spenser wrote that the victims "were brought to such wretchedness as that any stony heart would have rued the same". (25 words)

Romanticism revered the traditionalism of rural life and recoiled against the upheavals caused by industrialization, urbanization and the wretchedness of the working classes. (23 words)

Norris, p. 66. Part of the reason for this change has been the altered interpretations of what wretchedness and grace means. (21 words)

Example sentences (6)

I’m struggling to reconcile the city I love with the wretchedness.

Seeking solutions to such widespread wretchedness, he began to read Marxist-Leninist literature.

He is entirely imbued and penetrated with it; everywhere his theme is the mockery and wretchedness of this existence.

Norris, p. 66. Part of the reason for this change has been the altered interpretations of what wretchedness and grace means.

Romanticism revered the traditionalism of rural life and recoiled against the upheavals caused by industrialization, urbanization and the wretchedness of the working classes.

The poet and colonist Edmund Spenser wrote that the victims "were brought to such wretchedness as that any stony heart would have rued the same".

Common combinations with wretchedness

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "wretchedness" in a sentence?
An example: "I’m struggling to reconcile the city I love with the wretchedness." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "wretchedness" from authentic English texts.
What does "wretchedness" mean?
Wretchedness means: An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
What are synonyms of "wretchedness"?
Common synonyms of "wretchedness" include: misery, miserableness, ill-being, discomfort, uncomfortableness, inferiority, low quality.
How many example sentences with "wretchedness" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "wretchedness", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.