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Synonyms & Antonyms of misery
1
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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2
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
Synonyms for misery
- affliction,
- agony,
- anguish,
- distress,
- excruciation,
- hurt,
- pain,
- rack,
- strait(s),
- torment,
- torture,
- travail,
- tribulation,
- woe
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The first known use of misery was in the 14th century
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