misery
- (countable, uncountable) Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
- (UK, US, countable, dialectal, uncountable) A bodily ache or pain.
- (countable, uncountable) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
- (countable, uncountable) poverty.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) greed; avarice.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹɪ/
Etymology
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.
Related words
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