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Misery
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Misery
/ˈmɪzəri/
A condition of great distress or discomfort, often involving suffering, pain, or unhappiness.
Synonyms:
suffering
distress
pain
anguish
grief
woe
Antonyms:
happiness
joy
pleasure
bliss
delight
Examples:
Once I was good, but
misery
made me evil.
'Shame and
misery
,' the bride bitterly replies.
Twenty years, war and
misery
had left him untouched.
Etymology:
From Middle English
miserie,
meaning
wretched condition,
derived from Latin
miseria,
rooted in
miser,
meaning
wretched, unfortunate.
Usage Statistics:
17 mentions per 1 million words
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