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[ noun ] a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
Synonyms Examples "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable" Used in print (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)We served our national interests , and by so doing we saved the Guatemalan people the ultimate in human misery . (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)But our stumping tour of the south was n't all misery . (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)That little spark is all the wealth I know , That little spark is my life 's misery '' . He finds it in utter misery and desolation . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a feeling of intense unhappiness
Examples "she was exhausted by her misery and grief" Related terms |
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