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misery
[ miz-uh-ree ]
noun
- wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
Synonyms: , ,
- distress or suffering caused by need, privation, or poverty.
- great mental or emotional distress; extreme unhappiness.
Synonyms: , , , ,
Antonyms:
- a cause or source of distress.
- Older Use.
- a pain:
a misery in my left side.
- Often miseries. a case or period of despondency or gloom.
misery
/ ˈɪəɪ /
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
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of misery1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with misery , also see put someone out of his or her misery .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But there’s no time to waste, so Elliot puts the animal out of its misery with a tire iron and loads it into the trunk of their rental.
While bringing misery to millions of Americans, a delay — which would be unprecedented since the first checks went out in 1940 — would be a gift for Democrats, if they know how to use it.
The Daily Mail has described it as "deranged" and says its members have "unleashed misery on thousands of ordinary people though their selfish antics".
"I've been lucky enough to go there a few times with Villa but other than our play-off win when we got promoted in 2019, it has always ended up in misery."
In such a toxic relationship between the leader, the followers, and the larger public, the abuse and misery actually bonds them all closer together.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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