misery (Meaning)

Wordnet

misery (n)

a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

a feeling of intense unhappiness

Webster

misery (n.)

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

Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.

Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

misery Sentence Examples

  1. The relentless waves of misfortune had plunged our family into a pit of misery.
  2. The abandoned dog's desperate cries echoed through the alleyways, a testament to its unspeakable misery.
  3. The oppressive heat and poverty suffocated them, leaving them in a state of utter misery.
  4. The loss of her loved ones had brought her to the brink of despair and misery.
  5. The aftermath of the disaster left countless lives shattered and shrouded in miseria.
  6. The tyrant's cruel reign inflicted immeasurable misery upon the people.
  7. Her relentless poverty and loneliness gnawed at her soul, filling her with an overwhelming sense of misery.
  8. The war had brought nothing but death and misery, leaving its scars upon a devastated nation.
  9. The sight of starving children filled them with a sense of profound misery and helplessness.
  10. The weight of her guilt and shame pressed down on her, plunging her into a spiral of misery.

FAQs About the word misery

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The relentless waves of misfortune had plunged our family into a pit of misery.

The abandoned dog's desperate cries echoed through the alleyways, a testament to its unspeakable misery.

The oppressive heat and poverty suffocated them, leaving them in a state of utter misery.

The loss of her loved ones had brought her to the brink of despair and misery.