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wretchedness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of wretchedness

1 as in woe, misery

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for wretchedness

gutter,
misery,
woe

beggary,
destituteness,
destitution,
impecuniosity,
impecuniousness,
impoverishment,
indigence,
necessity,
need,
neediness,
pauperism,
penuriousness,
penury,
poorness,
poverty,
want

exigency

emergency,
rainy day

austerity,
deprivation,
privation

bankruptcy,
insolvency

belt-tightening,
pinching,
straitening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for wretchedness

affluence,
opulence,
richness,
wealth,
wealthiness

luxury,
prosperity

2 as in miserableness, lousiness

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for wretchedness

lousiness,
miserableness

baseness,
despicableness,
dirtiness,
lowness,
meanness

criminality,
reprehensibleness

abomination,
anathema,
taboo
(also tabu)

indecency,
lasciviousness,
lechery,
lewdness,
looseness,
perversion,
pervertedness,
wantonness

corruptness,
debasement,
degeneracy,
degeneration,
depravedness,
dissoluteness,
dissolution

devilry
(or deviltry),
fiendishness

atrociousness,
evilness,
heinousness,
sinfulness,
unscrupulousness,
viciousness,
vileness,
villainousness

bad,
badness,
blackness,
evil,
evildoing,
ill,
turpitude,
villainy,
wickedness,
wrong

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for wretchedness

morality,
virtue

good,
right

honesty,
honor,
integrity,
legitimacy,
probity,
rectitude,
scrupulosity,
scrupulousness,
uprightness

goodness,
righteousness,
virtuousness

blamelessness

chastity,
innocence,
perfection,
pureness,
purity,
spotlessness

cleanness,
correctness,
decency,
decorousness,
propriety,
rightness,
seemliness

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“Wretchedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wretchedness. Accessed 19 Aug. 2022.

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