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MISERY
misery
(noun) a feeling of intense unhappiness; “she was exhausted by her misery and grief”
misery, wretchedness, miserableness
(noun) a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; “the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
misery (countable and uncountable, plural miseries)
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
(US and UK, dialects) A bodily ache or pain.
Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
(Extreme) poverty.
(archaic) greed; avarice.
Synonyms
• see greed
Anagrams
• Myries
Source: Wiktionary
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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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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