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Misery

Misery Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Misery? [n] a feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief" [n] a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Misery: wretchedness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Misery: ache \| aches and pains \| aching heart \| adversity \| affliction \| agony \| agony of mind \| angst \| anguish \| anxiety \| bale \| bitterness \| bleeding heart \| broken heart \| burden \| calamity \| care \| carking care \| Cassandra \| catastrophe \| cheerlessness \| crushing \| curse \| cynic \| dampener \| damper \| dejection \| depression \| depth of misery \| desolation \| despair \| desperation \| despondency \| destitution \| disaster \| discomfort \| discontent \| displeasure \| distress \| dolor \| extremity \| gloom \| gloomy Gus \| grief \| grimness \| grouch \| grump \| hardship \| heartache \| heartfelt grief \| heartgrief \| heavy heart \| humorlessness \| hurt \| hurting \| indigence \| infelicity \| infestivity \| joylessness \| killjoy \| lamentation \| languishment \| malaise \| malcontent \| melancholia \| melancholy \| mirthlessness \| misfortune \| ordeal \| pain \| pang \| passion \| penury \| pessimist \| pining \| poverty \| privation \| prophet of doom \| prostration \| sadness \| Schmerz \| sordidness \| sorrow \| sorrowing \| sourpuss \| spoilsport \| squalor \| stitch \| suffering \| suicidal despair \| throe \| trial \| tribulation \| trouble \| twinge \| uncheerfulness \| unhappiness \| unjoyfulness \| unmirthfulness \| wet blanket \| woe \| wretchedness See Also \| ill-being \| living death \| sadness \| suffering \| unhappiness \| woe Misery In Webster's Dictionary \Mi"ser*y\, n.; pl. {Miseries}. [OE. miserie, L. miseria, fr. miser wretched: cf. F. mis[`e]re, OF. also, miserie.] 1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. --Chaucer. Destruction and misery are in their ways. --Rom. iii. 16. 2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes. --Shak. 3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obs.] Syn: Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish; distress; calamity; misfortune.

Misery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Misery?

[n] a feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief"
[n] a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Misery: wretchedness

Misery In Webster's Dictionary

\Mi"ser*y\, n.; pl. {Miseries}. [OE. miserie, L. miseria,
fr. miser wretched: cf. F. mis[`e]re, OF. also, miserie.]
1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind;
   wretchedness; distress; woe. --Chaucer.

         Destruction and misery are in their ways. --Rom.
                                               iii. 16.

2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.

         When we our betters see bearing our woes, We
         scarcely think our miseries our foes. --Shak.

3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obs.]

Syn: Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish;
     distress; calamity; misfortune.

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