MISERIES

Noun

miseries

plural of misery

Source: Wiktionary


MISERY

Mi"ser*y, n.; pl. Miseries. Etym: [OE. miserie, L. miseria, fr. miser wretched: cf. F. misère, OF. also, miserie.]

1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. Chaucer. Destruction and misery are in their ways. Rom. iii. 16.

2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes. Shak.

3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obs.]

Syn.

– Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish; distress; calamity; misfortune.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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