n. Function: noun
1 a state of suffering and want that is the result of poverty or conditions beyond one's control FF1C; the poor learn to live with misery FF1E; FF1C; the utter misery in which the flood victims survived FF1E;
Synonyms: unhappiness, woe, wretchedness
Related Words: agony, anguish; despondency, grief, sorrow; desolation, squalor
Contrasted Words: beatitude, blessedness, bliss, felicity, happiness; content, ease, satisfaction
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Synonyms: DISTRESS , agony, dolor, passion, suffering
Related Words: adversity, misfortune; dejection, depression, melancholy, sadness
Antonyms: blessedness
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Synonyms: PAIN 1, ache, pang, stitch, throe, twinge