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

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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

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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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