Misery Definition

mĭzə-rē
miseries
noun
miseries
A condition of great wretchedness or suffering because of pain, sorrow, poverty, etc.; distress.
Webster's New World
Mental or emotional unhappiness or distress.
American Heritage
A cause of such suffering; pain, sorrow, poverty, squalor, etc.
Webster's New World
A pain (in some part of the body)
Webster's New World
A physical ache or ailment.
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Other Word Forms of Misery

Noun

Singular:
misery
Plural:
miseries

Origin of Misery

  • Middle English miserie from Old French from Latin miseria from miser wretched

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Misery Sentence Examples

  • Alex would make the misery go away.

  • During the Thirty Years' War the city received no direct harm; but the ruin of Germany reacted upon its prosperity, and the misery of the lower orders led to an agitation against the Rath.

  • Under these heads it discusses respectively the sin and misery of men, the redemption wrought by Christ (here are included the Creed and the Sacraments), and the grateful service of the new life (the Decalogue).

  • The subject is here that of a high goddess of heaven (she has 70 sons) whose friend and lover finds her in the misery of deepest degradation, frees her, and bears her home as his bride.

  • They were weary of a means of pacification which produced endless wars abroad and misery at home.

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Words Starting With

MMIMIS

Words Ending With

YRYERY

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Words Starting With M and Ending With Y

Starts With M & Ends With YStarts With MI & Ends With YStarts With M & Ends With RY

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With M6 Letter Words Ending With Y