misery

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

misery (plural miseries)

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

   Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face.

2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

Derived terms

• put out of one's misery

Translations

great unhappiness

Catalan: misèria (ca) f. Croatian: jad (hr) m. Czech: neštěstí (cs) n. Danish: elendighed Dutch: Ellendig voelen (nl) Esperanto: mizero (eo) French: misère (fr) Ido: mizero (io)

Italian: miseria (it) Luxembourgish: Misär (lb) m. Portuguese: miséria (pt) Romanian: mizerie (ro) f. Russian: страдание (ru) n. Spanish: miseria (es) f. Swedish: misär (sv)

cause of misery, misfortune

Russian: невзгоды

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German: Elend (de) n. Japanese: 悲惨 (ひさん, hisan)