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as in misery
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as in baseness
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Recent Examples of wretchedness
Director Penny Lane interviews jazz critics who howl at his wretchedness, then balances it with fans who simply don’t care.
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Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wretchedness
Noun
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The misery wrought by insurgents in largely ungoverned spaces will push people to flee.—
Ulf Laessing,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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But complications can extend the misery well beyond the visible rash.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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The horror has come now like a storm— what if this night prefigured the night after death— what if all thereafter was an eternal quivering on the edge of an abyss, with everything base and vicious in oneself urging one forward and the baseness and viciousness of the world just ahead.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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When the family patriarch dies, Nicholas, his mother, and sister are thrown into financial destitution.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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Even longtime supporters from the Alawite religious minority—the sect to which the Assads belong—began to complain about their destitution.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Trump’s petulance, meanness, and willingness to punish a religious institution for its Church’s moral witness is a warning to every faith community in America.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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Would there be perpetual meanness and the absence of kindness toward each other as human beings?—
Kevin Powell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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The United Nations Development Programme reports that higher energy prices, disrupted food systems, and economic slowdowns triggered by the war could push up to thirty-two million people globally into poverty.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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The art world has been in a recession for 15 years, galleries are closing, young collectors are holding back, and artists trying to make it in the major market centers are living on the brink of poverty.—
Magnus Resch,
ARTnews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Mondelez, the maker of Oreos, Ritz and Wheat Thins, quit direct deliveries to 1,000 New York City indie grocers like Foodtown and Key Food — citing parking and delivery woes — while serving ShopRite and Wegmans.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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According to Gelb, Saudi authorities cited economic woes caused by the Iran War and the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz as behind their decision to renege.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
24 Apr. 2026
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Such claims of penury, however, were difficult to square with certain facts.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Legislature, governor and unions need to respect our labor and not tax us into penury.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
28 Aug. 2025
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DeMore also talked about his experience in juvenile court and his understanding of brain development’s impact on criminality.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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Thus, Ahmed’s Hamlet discovers not just his father’s murder and betrayal but also the criminality on which his family’s entire wealth has been built.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Wretchedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wretchedness. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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