MISERABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does miserableness mean? 

• MISERABLENESS (noun)
  The noun MISERABLENESS has 1 sense:

1. a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

  Familiarity information: MISERABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISERABLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

miserableness; misery; wretchedness

Context example:

the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable

Hypernyms ("miserableness" is a kind of...):

ill-being (lack of prosperity or happiness or health)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "miserableness"):

concentration camp (a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions)

living death (a state of constant misery)

suffering; woe (misery resulting from affliction)

Derivation:

miserable (characterized by physical misery)

miserable (deserving or inciting pity)

miserable (very unhappy; full of misery)

miserable (of very poor quality or condition)