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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
This week’s massive winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on at least 19 states, including those like Texas and Tennessee that are less prepared to deal with the miseries of winter weather.
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Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
The victims of prejudice and inequality are always the best guardians of the ramparts that sustain those miseries.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Falling support in Gaza Palestinian public pressure on Hamas has risen as the miseries of war have mounted.
—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
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
Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
The victims of prejudice and inequality are always the best guardians of the ramparts that sustain those miseries.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Falling support in Gaza Palestinian public pressure on Hamas has risen as the miseries of war have mounted.
—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
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
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Her film is an honorable attempt to dramatize the everyday agonies and frustrations of Red Crescent workers, to honor their quick thinking and astonishing courage under duress.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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My adolescence was an ordinary one, its joys and pains small.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Melania takes pains to include many shots of her and Donald acting like a loving couple, which threatens to take the film out of the realm of nonfiction.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Shortly after, the book began to take shape, with new elements often arriving in vivid daydreams and eerie nightmares.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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Dreams of an efficient return to Denver became nightmares.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
30 Jan. 2026
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Our phones bring us delights and numbing distractions, but also fresh horrors every day.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2026
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But some of the daily horrors are different.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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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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The author delves into the torments PTSD causes Vietnam veterans as well as family dynamics.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
21 Dec. 2025
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Hell is nevertheless filled with bloody and horrific torments.—
Claudia Roth Pierpont,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Miseries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miseries. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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