lousiness

noun

as in wretchedness

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  1. wretchedness
  2. miserableness
  3. meanness
  4. baseness
  5. criminality
  6. lowness
  7. dirtiness
Noun
  • As our cantankerous lead, Molina harumphs lovably from scene to scene, conveying both his character’s indomitable will and the wretchedness of his grief.
    — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
  • Director Penny Lane interviews jazz critics who howl at his wretchedness, then balances it with fans who simply don’t care.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
Definition of wretchedness
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  • Luke and Kristen squabble for the entirety of the trip, which only adds to its miserableness.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 June 2026
Definition of miserableness
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  • Don’t give in to that meanness, and that false belief in scarcity.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Amid so much belabored meanness, meager appeals to conscience scan more like self-conscious obligation, easily subsumed by impotence.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of meanness
Noun
  • The horror has come now like a storm— what if this night prefigured the night after death— what if all thereafter was an eternal quivering on the edge of an abyss, with everything base and vicious in oneself urging one forward and the baseness and viciousness of the world just ahead.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of baseness
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  • Van Houten ultimately determined the allegations did not warrant charges because of a lack of criminality.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The Madlanga Commission, a judicial inquiry set up after a senior police commander alleged last year that criminality and political interference had penetrated the justice system, has now sat for more than 180 days.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of criminality
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  • That feeling stops, however, when pulling into gas stations or parking lots, where the length and lowness of the car require extreme care to keep the chin from scraping.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of lowness
Noun
  • For Damien dirtiness brought him closer to godliness, the grime evidence of his graft.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • That’s the dirtiness of rugs and pulling.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of dirtiness
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“Lousiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lousiness. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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