1
as in misery
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2
as in baseness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wretchedness
Noun
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Some of his misery has resulted from brilliant deflections or bad bounces off of his defencemen, but Hellebuyck is responsible for enough of his problems to earn the unwanted attention.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025 -
Strangling the dog to put it out of its misery could be seen as both an act of cruelty and an act of generosity, and that contradiction is interesting.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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The latest estimates, as of August 2021, put the value of Russia’s National Wealth Fund at about $185 billion and its foreign currency reserves at $615 billion—hardly a picture of destitution.—
Michael Kofman,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Oct. 2021
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Between 1820 and 1845, the number of weavers plummeted from two hundred and forty thousand to sixty thousand, as many faced destitution.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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According to the logline, Nook dreams of a better life but is caught in a rampant cycle of poverty and desperation within his Atlanta community.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
2 May 2025
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My Ly covers health care and poverty for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.—
My Ly,
Arkansas Online,
1 May 2025
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King Charles can't get involved in Prince Harry's security woes: author Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine and author of ‘My Mother and I,’ explains why the monarch is too exhausted to deal with his younger son’s ongoing court battle.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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He’s done excellent work in Abbotsford, both developing some of the younger players who were called up and impressed down the stretch in the NHL and garnering team success despite his roster being short-handed at times due to Vancouver’s injury woes.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In doing so, China followed in the footsteps of other Asian countries like Japan and South Korea that had gone through penury to wealth in the postwar period through economic development and trade.—
Bryan Walsh,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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That would help ensure that our longer lives are not feared as a time of pain, penury or purposelessness, but as a treasured gift of years.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Police also told the site that Trachtenberg died of natural causes and that criminality was not suspected in her death.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
17 Apr. 2025
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At the time of her death, police said criminality was not suspected.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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His legal team also filed a separate motion requesting a public defender be assigned to his case, citing indigence.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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His legal team also filed a separate motion requesting a public defender be assigned to his case, citing indigence.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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One of the key messages in his book is the necessity for leadership to take an active role in cybersecurity governance.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Last season, out of necessity, Guhle played on the right side a lot, oftentimes with Matheson, so there would be some familiarity there.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Wretchedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wretchedness. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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