1
as in agony
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness
the flood brought misery to the many hundreds whom it had made homeless
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as in distress
a state of great suffering of body or mind
a medication that promises to provide greater relief to those living in chronic misery because of arthritis
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Recent Examples of misery
As time wears on, her misery gives way to flulike symptoms that send her to bed with fatigue, vomiting and chills.
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Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Satan is a lover of strangeness and coincidence—of exposing the happiness of humans as a prelude to their misery, and sometimes their misery as a prelude to happiness.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
In the studio, a bad idea can be put out of its misery within a few minutes.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 May 2025
The Athletic reflects on their 2024-25 efforts, culminating in a 14th-place finish, that caused more misery than joy.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 28 May 2025
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Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Satan is a lover of strangeness and coincidence—of exposing the happiness of humans as a prelude to their misery, and sometimes their misery as a prelude to happiness.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
In the studio, a bad idea can be put out of its misery within a few minutes.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 May 2025
The Athletic reflects on their 2024-25 efforts, culminating in a 14th-place finish, that caused more misery than joy.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misery
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And that gave him some kind of legitimacy after 40 years of agony, derided by the music press.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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For more than a year, the Perry family waited in agony for answers.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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That places an onerous burden on Henson, doing her considerable best trying to sustain a role whose Job-like travails crank the distress level to 11 too soon.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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The report highlights research on young adults that shows that trans students who participate in collegiate sports are less likely to experience distress, self-harm and suicidal thoughts.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Left-hander Reid Detmers, whose three-game nightmare stretch a month ago began with a game in Seattle, struck out two in a scoreless inning, including Mariners star Cal Raleigh.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
7 June 2025
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For rule-followers like me, the prankster types were a nightmare.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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Installing them for every site that offered them could be a pain, though.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
13 June 2025
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Anderson is seeking $25,000 in damages for emotional distress, mental anguish, funeral and medical expenses, pain, and suffering, records show.—
Kennedy Sessions,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2025
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Playing in a driving rain, each man was facing off against the punishing course, their talented peers and the elements as the rain and wind turned Oakmont into a US Open torture chamber.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
15 June 2025
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Today's monkey torture videos are the products of a digitally connected world.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 June 2025
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Among the thousands left in anguish is Sasha Escalante, a 44-year-old Venezuelan radio producer living in Miami.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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Criminalizing them can lead to extended mental anguish.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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In December, the official 28 Years trailer earned the second most views in the first 24 hours after its release of any horror movie trailer ever, behind only the trailer for 2019’s It Chapter Two.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
16 June 2025
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In that sense, this lasting legacy of this really good horror movie may well prove to be the shot-in-the-arm given to the blues.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
16 June 2025
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My hips and my neck don’t feel any sort of scrunch or discomfort, which is a huge plus.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
13 June 2025
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Symptoms of fatty liver are usually absent but, if present, include mild stomach discomfort or fatigue.17 9.—
Jonathan Purtell,
Verywell Health,
13 June 2025
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“Misery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misery. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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