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misery

/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹi/noun3 syllables

Misery means: a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune.

Synonyms for misery17

noun, as in a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

wretchedness, miserableness

also used for misery

dejection, grief, sorrow, blueness, tristesse, mirthless, blues, crestfallenness, depression, pain, wark, adversity, woe, affliction, aggrievance

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What does misery mean?2

noun

1

a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune“the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable”

2

a feeling of intense unhappiness“she was exhausted by her misery and grief”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Misery in a sentence

  • Money won't make you merry, but it eases your misery.jan_OkulaJu
  • There is only one misery, and that is ignorance.Dejo
  • Even if misery does not kill, peace does not nourish either.AmarMecheri
  • The family lived in the depths of misery.unknown
  • I have not any children to pass on the legacy of our misery.Zurich899
  • Let's put this cat out of its misery.OsoHombre
  • The accompaniments of the war are misery and sorrow.unknown
  • Much misery came about because of the typhoon.unknown

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Forms of misery

as a noun

plural
miseries