misery

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
  2. (UK, US, countable, dialectal, uncountable) A bodily ache or pain.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
  4. (countable, uncountable) poverty.
  5. (archaic, countable, uncountable) greed; avarice.

Frekwensie

B2
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹɪ/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English miserie, from Old French miserie (modern: misère), from Latin miseria, from miser, equivalent to miser + -y. Doublet of misère and mizeria.

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