misery

mis·er·y  (mz-r)

n. pl. mis·er·ies

1.

a. The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.

b. Mental or emotional unhappiness or distress: "Our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances" Martha Washington.

2. A cause or source of suffering.

3. Informal A physical ache or ailment.

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[Middle English miserie, from Old French, from Latin miseria, from miser, wretched.]

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misery

Noun

pl -eries

1. intense unhappiness or suffering

2. something which causes such unhappiness

3. squalid or poverty-stricken conditions

4. Brit informal a person who is habitually depressed: he is such a misery [Latin miser wretched]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	misery - a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable" miserableness, wretchedness ill-being - lack of prosperity or happiness or health concentration camp - a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions living death - a state of constant misery woe, suffering - misery resulting from affliction
	2.	misery - a feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief" sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

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misery

noun 1. unhappiness, distress, despair, grief, suffering, depression, torture, agony, gloom, sadness, discomfort, torment, hardship, sorrow, woe, anguish, melancholy, desolation, wretchedness << OPPOSITE happiness

noun 2. poverty, want, need, squalor, privation, penury, destitution, wretchedness, sordidness, indigence << OPPOSITE luxury

noun 3. Brit. (informal) moaner, pessimist, killjoy, spoilsport, grouch (informal) prophet of doom, wet blanket (informal) sourpuss (informal) wowser Austral., N.Z. (slang)

noun 4. misfortune, trouble, trial, disaster, load, burden, curse, ordeal, hardship, catastrophe, sorrow, woe, calamity, affliction, tribulation, bitter pill (informal)

Translations

misery [ˈmɪzərɪ] n (= unhappiness) → tristeza (= wretchedness); miseria, desdicha

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misery [ˈmɪzərɪ] n (= unhappiness) → tristesse f (= pain); souffrances fpl (= wretchedness); misère f

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misery [ˈmɪzərɪ] n (unhappiness) → Kummer m;

(wretchedness) → Elend nt;

(inf) (person) → Miesepeter m

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misery [ˈmɪzərɪ] n (= unhappiness) → tristezza (= pain); sofferenza (= wretchedness); miseria