wretchedness

  • 11wretchedness — wretch·ed·ness …

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  • 12wretchedness — See: wretched …

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  • 13wretched — [[t]re̱tʃɪd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED You describe someone as wretched when you feel sorry for them because they are in an unpleasant situation or have suffered unpleasant experiences. [FORMAL] You have built up a huge property empire by buying from… …

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  • 14Charity and Charities — • In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of God as well as love of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Charity and Charities     Charity and Charities …

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  • 15misery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wretchedness, poverty; distress, anguish. See pain. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Pain] Syn. distress, suffering, agony; see pain 2 . 2. [Dejection] Syn. worry, despair, desolation; see depression 2 , grief… …

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  • 16pain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Suffering Noun 1. pain, suffering, sufferance; hurt, cut; discomfort, painfulness; discomfort, malaise; nightmare; anguish, agony, misery, excruciation, torment, torture, rack; Weltschmerz; distress,… …

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  • 17squalor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dirt, filth, decay, uncleanness, misery, poverty. See disorder. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ugliness, disorder, uncleanness, misery, wretchedness; see also filth , poverty 1 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 18woe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trouble, tribulation; sorrow, grief; unhappiness, misery. See pain, dejection. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sorrow, pain, misery; see distress 1 , grief 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. sorrow… …

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  • 19miserableness — noun a state of ill being due to affliction or misfortune the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable • Syn: ↑misery, ↑wretchedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑miserable, ↑wretched (for: ↑ …

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  • 20Miseries — Misery Mi ser*y, n.; pl. {Miseries}. [OE. miserie, L. miseria, fr. miser wretched: cf. F. mis[ e]re, OF. also, miserie.] [1913 Webster] 1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]… …

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