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Meaning of 'misery' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Misery [ n.]
- Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
- Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
- Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

Meaning of 'misery' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . misery [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a feeling of intense unhappiness
Example in sentence:
  • she was exhausted by her misery and grief
Meaning (2):
- a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
Example in sentence:
  • the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable

Nearby Words:

mis mis- misacceptation misaccompt misadjust misadjustment misadventure misadventured misadventurous misadvertence

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