misery

Speech parts

1. misery - Noun

2. Misery - Proper noun

Meaning

Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wretchedness distress misfortune torment agony anguish pain suffering trouble torture grief despair sorrow hardship ordeal
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Antonyms

nirvana clover lark rhapsody elysium deliverance
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Hypernyms

sadness ill-being unhappiness

Hyponyms

suffering woe concentration camp living death

Related terms

miser miserable commiserate

Phrases with the word

long streak of misery Fat Man's Misery great misery abysmal misery putting out of misery be full of misery

Derivatives

miseries

Examples

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like. Augustine of Hippo

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery. Dante Alighieri

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men. Victor Hugo

Misery loves company. English Proverb

Hope is the nurse of misery. American Proverb

Hope is the physician of each misery. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

miserliness miserly miserly person misery enjoys company misery guts misery in the head