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mis⋅er⋅y

  [miz-uh-ree]
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–noun, plural -er⋅ies.
1. wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
2. distress or suffering caused by need, privation, or poverty.
3. great mental or emotional distress; extreme unhappiness.
4. a cause or source of distress.
5. Older Use.
a. a pain: a misery in my left side.
b. rheumatism.
c. Often, miseries. a case or period of despondency or gloom.
Origin:
1325–75; ME miserie < L miseria, equiv. to miser wretched + -ia -y 3

Synonyms:
1. tribulation, trial, suffering. 3. grief, anguish, woe, torment, desolation. See sorrow.

Antonyms:
3. happiness.
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mis·er·y   (mĭz'ə-rē)   
n.   pl. mis·er·ies
    1. The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.
    2. Mental or emotional unhappiness or distress: "Our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances" (Martha Washington).
  2. A cause or source of suffering.
  3. Informal A physical ache or ailment.

[Middle English miserie, from Old French, from Latin miseria, from miser, wretched.]
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