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- Dictionarymisery/ˈmɪz(ə)ri/
noun
- 1. a state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort: "a man who had brought her nothing but misery" Similar Opposite
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MISERY definition: 1. great unhappiness: 2. someone who is often very unhappy and is always complaining about things…. Learn more.
The meaning of MISERY is a state of suffering and want that is the result of poverty or affliction. How to use misery in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Misery.
great mental or emotional distress; extreme unhappiness. Synonyms: desolation, torment, woe, anguish, grief. Antonyms: happiness. a cause or source of distress. Older Use. a pain: a misery in my left side. rheumatism. Often miseries. a case or period of despondency or gloom. misery. / ˈmɪzərɪ / noun.
Misery is a state of deep unhappiness or discomfort. It's not dropping your ice cream cone. It's having a hairy monster steal your ice cream cone, eat it in one bite, and then kidnap you and carry you off to his cave. Misery describes a miserable situation and a miserable feeling.
Misery is the way of life and unpleasant living conditions of people who are very poor. A tiny, educated elite profited from the misery of their two million fellow countrymen. [ + of ]
a. The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty. b. Mental or emotional unhappiness or distress: "Our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances" (Martha Washington). 2. A cause or source of suffering: the miseries of adolescence. 3. Informal A physical ache or ailment.
[countable] something that causes great physical or mental pain. the miseries of unemployment. the sheer misery of homelessness. the country's economic misery. [countable] (British English, informal) a person who is always unhappy and complaining. Don't be such an old misery! Old misery guts here doesn’t want to go out. Word Origin. Idioms.
