可憐悲慘;不幸
Wretchedness \Wretch"ed*ness\, n. 1. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.] Eat worms and such wretchedness. --Chaucer.
wretchedness n : a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable" [syn: {misery}]