wretchedness

(noun) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune. Synonyms: misery, miserableness. Example: "The misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable."

(noun) the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant. Examples: "The wretchedness for which these prisons became known." "The grey wretchedness of the rain."

(noun) the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry. Example: "He has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness."