misery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A feeling of deep unhappiness and suffering.

   Losing his job and his home left him in complete misery.

2. 2
   noun

   A state of great hardship caused by poverty or misfortune.

   The misery of the slums was hard to witness.

3. 3
   noun

   Something that causes great unhappiness or trouble.

   The long delays at the airport were a real misery.

From Middle English miserie, from Old French miserie (modern: misère), from Latin miseria, from miser, equivalent to miser + -y. Doublet of misère and mizeria.

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