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1. (n.) misery
wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
2. misery
suffering caused by privation or poverty.
3. misery
great mental or emotional distress; extreme unhappiness.
4. misery
a source of distress.
Etymology: (1325–75; < L miseria=miser wretched +-ia -y3)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) misery, wretchedness, miserableness
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
"the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
2. (noun) misery
a feeling of intense unhappiness
"she was exhausted by her misery and grief"
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1. (noun) misery
suffering or unhappiness, or sth that causes this
years full of pain and misery; Two more suicide attacks brought more misery to the city.; the country's financial miseries
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) misery
great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe
2. (noun) misery
cause of misery; calamity; misfortune
3. (noun) misery
covetousness; niggardliness; avarice
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Sense: (something that causes) unhappiness
the misery of the fatherless children; Forget your miseries and come out with me!
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 Afrikaans: ellende |
 Arabic: بُؤْس، شَقاء، تَعاسَه |
 Bulgarian: нещастие |
 Brazilian: infelicidade |
 Czech: trápení, utrpení, bída |
 German: das Elend |
 Danish: elendighed |
 Greek: δυστυχία, αθλιότητα |
 Spanish: desgracia, desdicha, tris |
 Estonian: õnnetus, häda |
 Farsi: بدبختی |
 Finnish: onnettomuus |
 French: misère |
 Hebrew: אוּמלָלוּת |
 Hindi: विपत्ति, दुर्गति |
 Croatian: bijeda |
 Hungarian: nyomor(úság); boldogtalan |
 Indonesian: kesedihan |
 Icelandic: eymd |
 Italian: miseria, infelicità |
 Japanese: みじめさ |
 Korean: 비참, 불행 |
 Lithuanian: vargas |
 Latvian: bēdas; posts |
 Malay: kesengsaraan |
 Dutch: ellende |
 Norwegian: elendighet, bedrøvelighet |
 Polish: nieszczęście, cierpienie |
 Persian: بدبختی |
 Pashto: مرغى بد |
 Portuguese: infelicidade |
 Romanian: mizerie, suferinţă |
 Russian: страдание;невзгоды |
 Slovak: utrpenie |
 Slovenian: nesreča, tegoba |
 Serbian: jad |
 Swedish: elände, bedrövelse |
 Thai: ความทุกข์ยาก |
 Turkish: mutsuzluk |
 Taiwanese: 難過，令人難過的事 |
 Ukrainian: нещастя |
 Urdu: خستہ حالی |
 Vietnamese: những nỗi khốn khổ |
 Chinese: 痛苦，悲惨的境遇 |
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