misery

misery
mis|er|y [ `mızəri ] noun **
uncount the state of being extremely unhappy or uncomfortable:
The heatwave brought traffic misery to thousands.
Our people have suffered untold hardship and misery.
in misery: Children were living in misery, without housing, school, or health care.
a. count something that causes people to suffer or be unhappy:
He wasn't prepared for the physical miseries of prison.
make someone's life a misery MAINLY BRITISH
to cause someone to suffer or be unhappy for a long period:
He had harassed her and made her life a misery.
put someone/something out of their misery
1. ) to end the life of an animal that is suffering
2. ) HUMOROUS to tell someone something they are very eager to know, so that they stop worrying about it:
Oh, come on, put me out of my misery. Who is he?

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • Misery — Mi ser*y, n.; pl. {Miseries}. [OE. miserie, L. miseria, fr. miser wretched: cf. F. mis[ e]re, OF. also, miserie.] [1913 Webster] 1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Destruction… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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