noun
1.
a state of suffering and want that is the result of poverty or conditions beyond one's control
the poor learn to live with misery
the utter misery in which the flood victims survived
Synonyms: unhappiness, woe, wretchedness
Related Word: agony, anguish; despondency, grief, sorrow; desolation, squalor
Contrasted words: beatitude, blessedness, bliss, felicity, happiness; content, ease, satisfaction
2.
Synonyms: distress , agony, dolor, passion, suffering
Related Word: adversity, misfortune; dejection, depression, melancholy, sadness
Antonyms: blessedness
|| 3.
Synonyms: pain 1, ache, pang, stitch, throe, twinge