misery

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French miserie (modern: misère), from Latin miseria, from miser.

[edit] Noun

Singular
misery

Plural
miseries

misery (plural miseries)

  1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
  2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
  3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

[edit] Translations

great unhappiness
cause of misery, misfortune
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