/miz"euh ree/ , n. , pl. miseries .
1. wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
2. distress or suffering caused by need, privation, or poverty.
3. great mental or emotional distress; extreme unhappiness.
4. a cause or source of distress.
5. Older Use.
a. a pain: a misery in my left side.
b. rheumatism.
c. Often miseries . a case or period of despondency or gloom.
[ 1325-75; ME miserie miseria, equiv. to miser wretched + -ia -Y 3 ]
Syn. 1. tribulation, trial, suffering. 3. grief, anguish, woe, torment, desolation. See sorrow .
Ant. 3. happiness.