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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mis•er•y /ˈmɪzəri/USA pronunciation n., pl. -er•ies. - wretched, unfortunate, or unhappy conditions: [uncountable]the misery he felt after his defeat.[countable]home and job miseries.
See -miser-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mis•er•y (miz′ə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -er•ies. - wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
- distress or suffering caused by need, privation, or poverty.
- great mental or emotional distress;
extreme unhappiness. - a cause or source of distress.
- Slang Terms[Older Use.]
- a pain:a misery in my left side.
- rheumatism.
- Often miseries. a case or period of despondency or gloom.
- Latin miseria, equivalent. to miser wretched + -ia -y3
- Middle English miserie 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tribulation, trial, suffering.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged grief, anguish, woe, torment, desolation. See sorrow.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged happiness.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: misery /ˈmɪzərɪ/ n ( pl -eries)- intense unhappiness, discomfort, or suffering; wretchedness
- a cause of such unhappiness, discomfort, etc
- squalid or poverty-stricken conditions
- Brit informal a person who is habitually depressed: he is such a misery
Etymology: 14th Century: via Anglo-Norman from Latin miseria, from miser wretched |