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noun

Misery n. (pl. miseries)

Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. "Destruction and misery are in their ways."

Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. "When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes."

Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. (Obs.)

Synonyms: Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish; distress; calamity; misfortune.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Misery" Quotes from Famous Books

... grandfather's death-bed scene. Was it as my father had said? Was it Trewinion's curse that rested upon him? I began to think of what the vicar, my schoolmaster, had told us only the day before—that every sin brought a curse, brought misery, brought remorse, and while sin or unforgiveness was cherished in our hearts we could not realise happiness or forgiveness. Was this the case with my grandfather, or was ...

— Roger Trewinion • Joseph Hocking

... disease; and the haughty conqueror trembled in the presence of a captive to whom he ascribed perhaps an imaginary power of prolonging or preserving his life. The Huns might be provoked to insult the misery of their slaves, over whom they exercised a despotic command; but their manners were not susceptible of a refined system of oppression; and the efforts of courage and diligence were often recompensed by the gift of freedom. The historian Priscus, whose embassy ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 4 • Various

... takes place at this age, it is found that the disorder has passed beyond the curable stage, in which case, of course, nothing is left to the unfortunate stammerer but the prospects of a life of untold misery and torture, deprived of companionship, ostracized from society and debarred from participation in ...

— Stammering, Its Cause and Cure • Benjamin Nathaniel Bogue

... the night in a bleak bottom on the north bank of the river. But no one could sleep, for the wind swept over us with unobstructed fury, and the only fuel to be had was a few green bushes. As night fell a decided change of temperature added much to our misery, the mercury, which had risen when the "Norther" began, again falling to zero. It can be easily imagined that under such circumstances the condition of the men was one of extreme discomfort; in truth, they had to ...

— The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete • General Philip Henry Sheridan

... work have we at Cartillon?" I cried aloud in my misery. Then one who could answer came running toward me from the castle, gashed, with snapped sword ...

— The Black Wolf's Breed - A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening - in the Reign of Louis XIV • Harris Dickson

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