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 [ˈmɪzərɪ]

n pl -eries

1. intense unhappiness, discomfort, or suffering; wretchedness

2. a cause of such unhappiness, discomfort, etc.

3. squalid or poverty-stricken conditions

4. Brit informal a person who is habitually depressed he is such a misery

5. Dialect a pain or ailment

[via Anglo-Norman from Latin miseria, from 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 All that money brought nothing but misery.
unhappiness ease, pleasure, comfort, joy, happiness, enjoyment, contentment

2. poverty, want, need, squalor, privation, penury, destitution, wretchedness, sordidness, indigence An elite profited from the misery of the poor.
poverty luxury

3. (Brit. informal) moaner, pessimist, killjoy, spoilsport, grouch (informal), prophet of doom, wet blanket (informal), sourpuss (informal), wowser (Austral. & N.Z. slang) I'm not such a misery now. I've got things sorted out a bit.

4. misfortune, trouble, trial, disaster, load, burden, curse, ordeal, hardship, catastrophe, sorrow, woe, calamity, affliction, tribulation, bitter pill (informal) There is no point dwelling on the miseries of the past.

Translations

misery [ˈmɪzərɪ] N

1. (= sadness) → tristeza f, pena f

2. (= poverty) → miseria f, pobreza f
to live in misery → vivir en la miseria

3. (= misfortune) → desgracia f
a life of misery → una vida desgraciada

4. (= suffering) → sufrimiento m, dolor m
to put an animal out of its misery → rematar a un animal(para que no sufra)
to put sb out of his/her misery (fig) → sacar a algn de la incertidumbre
to make sb's life a misery → amargar la vida a algn

5. (Brit) (= person) → aguafiestas mf inv

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misery [ˈmɪzəri] n

(= unhappiness) → misère f
All that money brought nothing but misery → Tout cet argent n'a apporté que de la misère.
to make sb's life a misery → rendre la vie de qn impossible

(= pain) → souffrances fpl
to put sb out of their misery (= satisfy curiosity) → mettre fin au supplice de qn
to put an animal out of its misery → achever un animal

(= wretchedness) → misère f

to be a misery [person] → être un or une rabat-joie
She's a real misery → C'est une vraie rabat-joie.
misery guts n → rabat-joie m inv or f inv

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misery

n

(= sadness) → Kummer m, → Trauer f; she looked the picture of misery → sie war ein Bild des Jammers

(= suffering) → Qualen pl; (= wretchedness) → Elend nt; the misery caused by war → das Elend des Krieges; a life of misery → ein erbärmliches or jämmerliches or elendes Leben; to make somebody’s life a misery → jdm das Leben zur Qual or zur Hölle machen; to put an animal out of its misery → ein Tier von seinen Qualen erlösen; to put somebody out of his misery (fig) → jdn nicht länger auf die Folter spannen

(Brit inf: = person) → Miesepeter m (inf)

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misery [ˈmɪzərɪ] n (unhappiness) → tristezza; (pain) → sofferenza, tormento, dolore m; (wretchedness) → miseria (fam) (person) → lagna
to put an animal out of its misery → uccidere un animale (per non farlo soffrire più)
to put sb out of his misery (fig) → mettere fine alle sofferenze di qn
to make sb's life a misery → rovinare la vita a qn

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misery [ˈmɪzərɪ] n (unhappiness) → tristezza; (pain) → sofferenza, tormento, dolore m; (wretchedness) → miseria (fam) (person) → lagna
to put an animal out of its misery → uccidere un animale (per non farlo soffrire più)
to put sb out of his misery (fig) → mettere fine alle sofferenze di qn
to make sb's life a misery → rovinare la vita a qn

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misery

n misery [ˈmizəri]

(something that causes) unhappiness the misery of the fatherless children; Forget your miseries and come out with me! ellende بُؤْس، شَقاء، تَعاسَه нещастие trápení, utrpení, bída elendighed das Elend δυστυχία, αθλιότητα desgracia, desdicha, tristeza, miseria õnnetus, häda بدبختی kurjuus misère אוּמלָלוּת विपत्ति, दुर्गति bijeda nyomor(úság); boldogtalanság kesedihan eymd miseria, infelicità みじめさ 비참, 불행 vargas bēdas; posts kesengsaraan ellende elendighet, bedrøvelighet, lidelse nieszczęście, cierpienie infelicidade mizerie, suferinţă страдание;невзгоды utrpenie nesreča, tegoba jad elände, bedrövelse ความทุกข์ยาก mutsuzluk 痛苦 нещастя خستہ حالی những nỗi khốn khổ 痛苦

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misery → بؤس sklíčenost elendighed Elend δυστυχία sufrimiento kurjuus misère bijeda miseria 惨めさ 비참 ellende elendighet niedola miséria страдание elände ความทุกข์ยาก sefalet sự khốn khổ 痛苦