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as in agonies
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 pains
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 miseries
Falling support in Gaza Palestinian public pressure on Hamas has risen as the miseries of war have mounted.
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Mkhaimar Abusada, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2025
But current virus variants continue to spread burning throats, fevers and other miseries.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
Task begins by setting up the parallels between Tom and Robbie, two flawed men trying to keep their heads above the water of their own miseries, cutting back and forth between their routines to emphasize their similar ideologies and spontaneities.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Rather than taking the newcomers in, Friedrich leads them to some distant caves and trusts that the miseries of island life—extreme heat, torrential rains, pesky insects, vicious dogs—will soon send them packing.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
The reductive, conventional wisdom in the party held that nonwhite voters, especially Hispanic Americans, would be the key to a new Democratic national majority after the party’s miseries in the post-9/11 world.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025
Mkhaimar Abusada, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2025
But current virus variants continue to spread burning throats, fevers and other miseries.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
Task begins by setting up the parallels between Tom and Robbie, two flawed men trying to keep their heads above the water of their own miseries, cutting back and forth between their routines to emphasize their similar ideologies and spontaneities.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Rather than taking the newcomers in, Friedrich leads them to some distant caves and trusts that the miseries of island life—extreme heat, torrential rains, pesky insects, vicious dogs—will soon send them packing.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
The reductive, conventional wisdom in the party held that nonwhite voters, especially Hispanic Americans, would be the key to a new Democratic national majority after the party’s miseries in the post-9/11 world.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miseries
Noun
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Colleagues who failed to take similar pains earned his everlasting disdain.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Like regular depression, SAD can cause negative feelings like hopelessness, worthlessness, irritability, and guilt; fatigue or reduced energy; a loss of interest in hobbies and activities; and even physical aches and pains (including headaches, cramps, and digestive problems).—
Maggie O'Neill,
SELF,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This film is truly the stuff of teen-outcast nightmares.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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Extreme fatigue that turned mornings into catatonic nightmares.—
Eli Cahan,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The horrors can impact humans, animals and Earth are on full display at Fright for Future.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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The horrors of Gaza, at least for now, have been paused.—
Faisal J. Abbas,
semafor.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Former Jews deemed insufficiently converted faced the Spanish Inquisition’s tortures.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Miseries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miseries. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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