wretchedness

noun

1. An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.

2. A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.

3. The character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant

   “the wretchedness for which these prisons became known”

   “the grey wretchedness of the rain”

4. The quality of being poor and inferior and sorry

   “he has compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness”