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wretchedness - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | wretchedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misery |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, discontent, distress, grief, pain, sadness, suffering, torment, unhappiness, woe, abjection, melancholia |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joyousness |
| Main Entry: | anguish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe upset or pain |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, distress, dole, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, misery, pang, rue, sorrow, suffering, throe, torment, torture, woe, wretchedness, hurting |
| Antonyms: | comfort, contentment, happiness, joy, solace, joyfulness |
| Main Entry: | calamity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster; tragedy |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, cross, curtains, distress, downfall, hardship, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, scourge, trial, tribulation, visitation, waterloo*, woe, wreck, wretchedness, blue ruin, holy mess, the worst, unholy mess |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, boon, comfort, fortune, good luck, happiness, joy, profit, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | despair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression, hopelessness |
| Synonyms: | anguish, dejection, desperation, despondency, discouragement, gloom, melancholy, misery, ordeal, pain, sorrow, trial, tribulation, wretchedness, dashed hopes, disheartenment, forlornness |
| Antonyms: | cheer, cheerfulness, confidence, faith, happiness, joy, trust, hopefulness, joyfulness |
| Main Entry: | grief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental suffering |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, bereavement, care, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disquiet, distress, dole, dolor, gloom, grievance, harassment, heartache, heartbreak, lamenting, malaise, melancholy, misery, mortification, mourning, pain, purgatory, regret, remorse, rue, sadness, sorrow, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry, wretchedness, bemoaning, bewailing, deploring, infelicity, lamentation, mournfulness, repining |
| Antonyms: | delight, ecstasy, exhilaration, happiness |
| Main Entry: | hell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of the condemned; bad situation |
| Synonyms: | abyss, affliction, agony, anguish, bottomless pit*, difficulty, fire and brimstone*, grave, inferno, limbo, misery, nether world, nightmare, ordeal, pandemonium, perdition, pit, purgatory, suffering, torment, trial, underworld, wretchedness, Abaddon, Gehenna, Hades, blazes, everlasting fire, hell-fire, infernal regions, lower world, place of torment |
| Antonyms: | heaven |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | melancholy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression, sadness |
| Synonyms: | blue devils, blue funk, blues*, boredom, bummer*, dejection, despair, desperation, despondency, dolor, downer*, dumps, ennui, funk, gloom, grief, letdown, misery, sorrow, tedium, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness, blahs, dismals, dolefuls, down trip, gloominess, low spirits, miserableness, mopes, mournfulness, pensiveness, wistfulness |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sorrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme upset, grief |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, bad news*, blow, blues*, care, catastrophe, dejection, depression, distress, dolor, hardship, heartache, heartbreak, lamenting, melancholy, misery, misfortune, mourning, pain, rain*, regret, remorse, repentance, rue, sadness, suffering, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, weeping, woe, worry, wretchedness, big trouble, grieving |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joy, relief |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | squalor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | filth, poverty |
| Synonyms: | decay, destitution, indigence, poorness, starvation, wretchedness, dirtiness, foulness, grunginess, impoverishment, seediness |
| Main Entry: | tribulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, unhappiness |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, albatross*, bad luck*, blow*, bummer*, burden, care, crucible*, curse, difficulty, distress, double whammy, downer*, drag*, grief, headache*, heartache*, misery, misfortune, oppression, ordeal, persecution, rainy day, reverse, sorrow, suffering, trial, trouble, vexation, visitation, woe, worry, wretchedness, cross to bear, hard knock, hard time, wronging |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | woe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suffering |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, agony, anguish, blues*, burden, calamity, care, cataclysm, catastrophe, curse, dejection, depression, disaster, distress, dole, drag, gloom, grief, hardship, headache*, heartache*, heartbreak, melancholy, misadventure, misery, misfortune, pain, rain*, regret, rue, sadness, sorrow, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, wretchedness, bemoaning, deploring, grieving, lamentation |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, agony |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, anguish, anxiety, bad news*, blues*, care, concern, cross, dejection, desolation, disappointment, discomfort, disquietude, dolor, embarrassment, grief, headache, heartache, heartbreak, irritation, malaise, misery, mortification, ordeal, pang, sadness, shame, sorrow, stew, suffering, throe, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, unhappiness, vexation, visitation, woe, worry, wretchedness, perplexity, unconsolability, worriment |
| Antonyms: | comfort, happiness, health, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, mental or physical |
| Synonyms: | ache, agony, anguish, bad news*, blues*, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, distress, dolor, gloom, grief, hardship, headache, heartache, melancholy, pang, passion, sadness, sorrow, squalor, stitch, suffering, throe, torment, torture, twinge, unhappiness, woe, worry, wretchedness, anvil chorus, hurting, worriment |
| Antonyms: | cheer, delight, fun, gladness, happiness, joy, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desolation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distress, unhappiness |
| Synonyms: | anguish, dejection, despair, gloom, loneliness, melancholy, misery, mourning, sadness, sorrow, woe, wretchedness, gloominess |
| Antonyms: | cheer, comfort, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | pain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental suffering |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, despondency, distress, grief, heartache, hurt, malaise, martyrdom, misery, rack, sadness, shock, suffering, torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe, worry, wretchedness |
| Notes: | a pain is something that hurts; an ache is a prolonged dull pain a pain is something that hurts as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder; a pane is a sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness, joy, pleasure, well-being |
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, big problem |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, albatross*, anguish, annoyance, bane, blow, bother, burden, care, complication, crucible*, difficulty, distress, drag*, grief, hardship, hassle*, heartbreak, inconvenience, irritation, load, misery, misfortune, nightmare, nuisance, ordeal, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, plague, rigor, sorrow, suffering, thorn, tribulation, unhappiness, vexation, vicissitude, visitation, woe, wretchedness, calvary, cross to bear, hard time, severe test, trying time |
| Antonyms: | happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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