n. 25B6; noun
periods of intense misery : UNHAPPINESS, distress, wretchedness, suffering, anguish, anxiety, angst, torment, pain, grief, heartache, heartbreak, despair, despondency, dejection, depression, desolation, gloom, melancholy, melancholia, woe, sadness, sorrow; informal the dumps, the blues; poetic/literary dolour.
the miseries of war : AFFLICTION, misfortune, difficulty, problem, ordeal, trouble, hardship, deprivation; pain, sorrow, trial, tribulation, woe.
(Brit. informal) he's a real old misery : KILLJOY, dog in the manger, spoilsport; informal sourpuss, grouch, grump, party-pooper.
contentment, pleasure.