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Word: Misery
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French miserie, from Latin miseria, from miser ‘wretched’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmɪz(ə)ri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort
Short Definition:state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort
Examples:- a man who had brought her nothing but misery
- the misery of the miner's existence
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