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misery
[miz-uh-ree]
noun
plural
miserieswretchedness of condition or circumstances.
Synonyms: , ,distress or suffering caused by need, privation, or poverty.
great mental or emotional distress; extreme unhappiness.
Synonyms: , , , ,Antonyms:a cause or source of distress.
Older Use.
a pain.
a misery in my left side.
Often miseries. a case or period of despondency or gloom.
misery
/ ˈɪəɪ /
noun
intense unhappiness, discomfort, or suffering; wretchedness
a cause of such unhappiness, discomfort, etc
squalid or poverty-stricken conditions
informala person who is habitually depressed
he is such a misery
dialecta pain or ailment
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of misery1
Idioms and Phrases
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The omnipresence of narcissists at the levers of power in our country is the direct cause of so much of our current political misery.
Her record with Beaumont suggests they are a natural fit for the top-order rebuild which was needed after Maia Bouchier's misery in Australia where she averaged six.
Fahy also appears in “The Perfect Couple” and the second season of “The White Lotus,” which have in common the overt takeaway that the rich cannot buy their way out of misery.
He was targeted as an object of "abuse and neglect," and in the run-up to his death, experienced "distress, pain and misery".
A heat wave is set to inflict misery on nearly the entire length of California starting Friday.
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