单词 | misery |
释义 | misery /miz"euh ree/, n. , pl. miseries. 1. wretchedness of condition or circumstances. 2. distress or suffering caused by need, privation, or poverty. 3. great mental or emotional distress; extreme unhappiness. 4. a cause or source of distress. 5. Older Use. a. a pain: a misery in my left side. b. rheumatism. c. Often miseries. a case or period of despondency or gloom. [1325-75; ME miserie < L miseria, equiv. to miser wretched + -ia -Y3] Syn. 1. tribulation, trial, suffering. 3. grief, anguish, woe, torment, desolation. See sorrow. Ant. 3. happiness. |
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