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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.
noun. intense unhappiness, discomfort, or suffering; wretchedness. a cause of such unhappiness, discomfort, etc. squalid or poverty-stricken conditions. informal. a person who is habitually depressed. he is such a misery. dialect. a pain or ailment.
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]
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 ]
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.
[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.
