misery

noun

Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.

(US and UK, dialects) A bodily ache or pain.

(Extreme) poverty.

(derogatory, slang, humorous) Derogatory name for Missouri: a state of the United States.

(archaic) greed; avarice.

Roots

misermiser- · Latin · wretched

Synonyms for misery

wretchednessn unhappinessn woen agonyn sufferingn anguishn hardshipn squalorn cheerlessnessn destitutionn sorrown penuryn desolationn heartachen sadnessn despairn joylessnessn povertyn painn griefn

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