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
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.
• see greed
• 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
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
