Associations to the word «Misery»
Noun
- Plunge
- Folly
- Benevolence
- Solace
- Prosperity
- Tyranny
- Respite
- Abode
- Discord
- Thirst
- Weep
- Mirth
- Dread
- Sadness
- Comfort
- Entreaty
- Torture
- Continuance
- Mockery
- Bliss
- Hereafter
- Exhaustion
- Joy
- Posterity
- Gloom
- Disappointment
- Devastation
- Splendor
- Sunk
- Discomfort
- Scorn
- Bloodshed
- Strife
- Grandeur
- Anarchy
- Enjoyment
- Groan
- Midst
- Tenderness
- Slum
- Fortitude
- Vanity
- Doom
- Peasantry
- Malice
- Madness
- Eternity
- Pain
- Solitude
- Ruin
- Stench
- Brutality
- Indifference
- Envy
Adjective
Wiktionary
MISERY, noun. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
MISERY, noun. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
MISERY, noun. (Extreme) poverty.
MISERY, noun. (archaic) Greed; avarice.
MISERY INDEX, noun. (economics) An economic indicator formed by adding the unemployment rate to the inflation rate.
MISERY LIT, noun. (informal) A genre of supposedly biographical literature mostly concerned with the protagonist's triumph over personal trauma or abuse.
MISERY WHIP, noun. (logging) A two-man crosscut saw, often more than ten feet in length, used to fell large trees.
Dictionary definition
MISERY, noun. A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable".
MISERY, noun. A feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief".
Wise words
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