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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 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] Synonyms: poverty, want, need, squalor More Synonyms of misery. 3. countable noun.
regretfully. remorseful. repentant. wretchedness. See more results » misery noun (UNHAPPY PERSON) [ S ] UK informal disapproving (also misery guts)
1. intense unhappiness, discomfort, or suffering; wretchedness. 2. a cause of such unhappiness, discomfort, etc. 3. squalid or poverty-stricken conditions. 4. informal Brit a person who is habitually depressed: he is such a misery. 5. dialect a pain or ailment. [C14: via Anglo-Norman from Latin miseria, from miser wretched]
[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.
