misery : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: misery	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
misery n a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable" Synonym(s): misery, wretchedness, miserableness a feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Misery \Mi"sery\, n.; pl. {Miseries}. [OE. miserie, L. miseria, fr. miser wretched: cf. F. mis[8a]re, OF. also, miserie.] 1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. --Chaucer. Destruction and misery* are in their ways. --Rom. iii. 16. 2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes. --Shak. 3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obs.] Syn: Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish; distress; calamity; misfortune.