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Definition of Misery

1. Noun. A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune. "The misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"

2. Noun. A feeling of intense unhappiness. "She was exhausted by her misery and grief"

Definition of Misery

1. n. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

Definition of Misery

1. Noun. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. ¹

2. Noun. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. ¹

3. Noun. (extreme) poverty ¹

4. Noun. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Misery

1. a state of great suffering [n -ERIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misery

miseres misericord misericorde misericordes misericordia misericords miseries miserite miserlier miserliest

miserliness miserlinesses miserly miserotia misers misery (current term) misery loves company misery whip miseryguts mises

mises en scène misesteem misesteemed misesteeming misesteems misestimate misestimated misestimates misestimating misestimation

Literary usage of Misery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"In the name of all that is practical, why is it impracticable to form in a city like this an Order of Hospitallers, a Brotherhood of misery, a Society of ..."

2. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"man, who had not a cent, used to say he was the most startling example of magnificence and misery the world had ever seen —because he was able to ride a ..."

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