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- Dictionarymisery/ˈmɪz(ə)ri/
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- 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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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.
MISERY definition: 1. great unhappiness: 2. someone who is often very unhappy and is always complaining about things…. Learn more.
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 noun (UNHAPPY FEELING) Add to word list Add to word list. B2 [ C or U ] great unhappiness: We have witnessed the most appalling scenes of human misery. Ten years of marriage to him have made her life a misery. Fewer examples. He looked happy for a brief while, before relapsing into silent misery.
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.
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.
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 ]
noun. miseries. A condition of great wretchedness or suffering because of pain, sorrow, poverty, etc.; distress. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Mental or emotional unhappiness or distress. American Heritage. A cause of such suffering; pain, sorrow, poverty, squalor, etc. Webster's New World.
[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.
misery meaning, definition, what is misery: great suffering that is caused for examp...: Learn more.
