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misery

noun
/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹɪ/UK/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹi/US

Etymology

From Middle English miserie, from Old French miserie (modern: misère), from Latin miseria, from miser, equivalent to miser + -y. Doublet of misère and mizeria.

  1. derived from miseria
  2. derived from miserie
  3. inherited from miserie

Definitions

  1. Great unhappiness

    Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

    • Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face.
    • For miſerie doth braueſt mindes abate, / And make them ſeeke for that they wont to ſcorne, / Of fortune and of hope at once forlorne.
    • It was not just the confusion that unhappiness brings, it was not just the loneliness, it was the despair that accompanies all those emotions that turns unhappiness into utter misery.

  2. A bodily ache or pain.

    • [...] and I had a misery in my left breast and shoulder. I was hurt, but knew not how or how much.

  3. Cause of misery

    Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. poverty.

      • The Widdow that hath but a pan of braſſe, […] Muſt pay her Landlord many a groat, Or twil be puld out of her throat: […] The rich haue all, the poore liue in miſerie: […]

    2. greed

      greed; avarice.

    3. Derogatory name for Missouri

      Derogatory name for Missouri: a state of the United States.

      • First, the young lady whom you spoke as becoming [a] mistress of the establishment would most likely (if she could become as such) be brought into a state of misery, instead of being brought from the state of misery, (or Missouri), [...]

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Derived

Fat Man's Misery, long streak of misery, Misery, misery enjoys company, misery guts, miseryguts, misery index, misery lit, misery loves company, misery porn, misery whip, mountain misery, put someone out of their misery

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at misery. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at misery. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at misery

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA