Wrĕtch'ed-ness, n.
(rĕtch'ed-nes), n.
Sense 1. The quality or state of being wretched; extreme misery or unhappiness, either from want or sorrow; as, the wretchedness of poor mendicants.
We have, with the feeling, lost the very memory of such wretchedness as our forefathers endured. Raleigh.
The prodigal brought nothing to his father but his rags and wretchedness. Dwight.
Sense 2. Meanness; despicableness; as, the wretchedness of a performance.