KJV Dictionary Definition: wretchedness
wretchedness
WRETCHEDNESS, n.
1. Extreme misery or unhappiness, either from want or sorrow; as the wretchedness of poor mendicants.
We have, with the feeling, most the very memory of such wretchedness as our forefathers endured--
The prodigal brought nothing to his father but his rags and wretchedness.
2. Meanness; despicableness; as the wretchedness of a performance.