Wretch'ed·ness noun 1. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [ Obsolete] « Eat worms and such wretchedness .» Chaucer. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/54
noun the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; `he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974