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misery definition

mis·ery (miz′ər ē)

noun pl. miseries -·er·ies

  1. a condition of great wretchedness or suffering because of pain, sorrow, poverty, etc.; distress
  2. a cause of such suffering; pain, sorrow, poverty, squalor, etc.
  3. Dialectal a pain (in some part of the body)

Etymology: ME miserie < OFr < L miseria < miser, wretched

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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