noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
untold misery
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The floods have caused untold misery to hundreds of homeowners.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
abject
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But for some, who didn't get the grades they hoped for, there's abject misery .
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For the first three years he endured abject misery .
human
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Equally it has to be acknowledged that misguided and failed protest has added to the sum of human misery .
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Organized psychiatry must publicly articulate our vision, positions and commitment to the amelioration of human misery .
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Along with social and economic instability, they are among the main sources of crisis, loss of life and human misery .
untold
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That had led to the war, and to untold misery before that, for several generations.
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It's a familiar scene that can cause workers untold misery and loss of self-confidence.
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Its regime - which Prince Philip believed would turn his sons into real men - had caused Charles untold misery and damage.
■ VERB
add
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To add to their misery , the flight was delayed when the plane had to land at Belfast because of bad weather.
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Spring Valley, 93 -- and mugginess added to the misery .
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In the last two, war has added to the misery .
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Many, it has emerged, will be uninsured or under-insured adding to the misery already suffered.
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Since none of us had packed for cold, this simply added to our misery .
bring
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Benefits for the many increasingly bring chances of misery for a few.
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The economist who gives the prime minister bad advice can bring misery and unemployment to the average family.
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Nothing would destroy her - least of all these totally inappropriate emotions for a man who had brought her nothing but misery .
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Satan is interested in bringing misery ... suffering ... pain ... and guilt into our lives.
cause
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It's a familiar scene that can cause workers untold misery and loss of self-confidence.
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Morris further believed that forcing anyone to be active during the contemplative phase, or vice versa, causes utter misery .
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The conduct struck at by the section may cause misery without being aimed at any particular victim.
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From the socialist perspective, these disparities cause misery , deep alienation, and pervasive conflict in the society.
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Its regime - which Prince Philip believed would turn his sons into real men - had caused Charles untold misery and damage.
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Lack of money causes misery , anxiety, early death: the cramping of personality, the limiting of human potential.
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As I got to know Russell I began to be angry at this woman who was still causing him misery .
live
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Read in studio A survey has revealed that pressure of work at Oxford university is making students lives a misery .
make
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Read in studio A survey has revealed that pressure of work at Oxford university is making students lives a misery .
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But you have nothing to lose - your life was being made a misery anyway.
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People living near the site say that during last years festival their lives were made a misery .
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Next day they were off again, leaving the wounded and rejected to make life a misery for their womenfolk.
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She will make my misery more tolerable, my slavery only half-slavery, my exile less a banishment.
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In Dinny's code, if you beat some one in a fight you made their life misery for as long as possible.
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She really was making his life a misery .
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Please help little Jenny At last there's hope for the many hundreds of children whose lives are made a misery by birthmarks.
put
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Brian, put us out of our misery .
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No wonder calls are growing for the show to be put out of its misery once and for all.
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This became worse and worse and eventually he had to be put out of his misery .
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He was killing himself with laughing, but dashed over to the security man and put Kenny out of his misery .
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Listeners were finally put out of their misery just before midday when broadcasters finally admitted to the April Fool.
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Oh, come on, Robyn, put me out of my misery .
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Needing 219 on a poor pitch, Wasim put them out of their misery 15 overs ahead of schedule.
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I'd have gone against Maria Luisa and broken my vow of silence to put you out of your misery .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
abject poverty/misery/failure etc
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A central reason cited for the cutback was the abject failure of highly touted sports movies.
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But for some, who didn't get the grades they hoped for, there's abject misery.
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For the first three years he endured abject misery.
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Its strategy was an abject failure on its own terms, for the Gaullists romped home in the June elections.
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The parasite has been nurtured by abject poverty, intermittent political chaos and, some charge, international indifference.
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The Sisters also try never to reject anyone in abject poverty, the hungry or starving.
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Wealth was much more frequent than abject poverty.
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What these hopefuls achieved for their pleasure and pain was a violent lifestyle of abject poverty.
plumb the depths (of despair/misery/bad taste etc)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't invite her. She's such a misery !
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He talked openly about the misery of his marriage.
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It started with a sore throat and became a week of total misery .
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Stop grumbling, you old misery .
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The high interest rates caused misery for millions of people.
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We cannot ignore the misery of the people in this country who are forced to live on the streets.
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You're just bringing all this misery on yourself.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Being paid was sheer misery for many.
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I was tagging along, comforting a man in misery until he started teaching.
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Morris further believed that forcing anyone to be active during the contemplative phase, or vice versa, causes utter misery .
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Some children spent their entire schooldays in unrelieved misery .
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The flight from the countryside has compounded the misery of the urban poor, traditionally the bedrock of Sandinista support.
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The second half brought more misery .
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The shattering plate might as well have struck him, for the pain and the misery on his face.