MISERY


Meaning of MISERY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪzəri ]

( miseries)

1.

Misery is great unhappiness.

All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy.

...the miseries of his youth.

N-VAR

2.

Misery is the way of life and unpleasant living conditions of people who are very poor.

A tiny, educated elite profited from the misery of their two million fellow countrymen.

N-UNCOUNT

3.

If someone makes your life a misery , they behave in an unpleasant way towards you over a period of time and make you very unhappy.

...the gangs of kids who make our lives a misery.

PHRASE : V and life inflect

4.

If you put someone out of their misery , you tell them something that they are very anxious to know. ( INFORMAL )

Please put me out of my misery. How do you do it?

PHRASE : V inflects

5.

If you put an animal out of its misery , you kill it because it is sick or injured and cannot be cured or healed.

= put down

PHRASE : V inflects

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