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/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹɪ/ · noun
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe..
Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face.
For miſerie doth braueſt mindes abate, / And make them ſeeke for that they wont to ſcorne, / Of fortune and of hope at once forlorne.
It was not just the confusion that unhappiness brings, it was not just the loneliness, it was the despair that accompanies all those emotions that turns unhappiness into utter misery.
Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users.
[...] and I had a misery in my left breast and shoulder. I was hurt, but knew not how or how much.
The Widdow that hath but a pan of braſſe, […] Muſt pay her Landlord many a groat, Or twil be puld out of her throat: […] The rich haue all, the poore liue in miſerie: […]
Use misery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Misery means Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe..
Common synonyms include dejection, grief, sorrow, blueness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face.
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