Definition of misery/dictionary

misery

ˈmɪz(ə)ri/

noun

a state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort.

"a man who had brought her nothing but misery"

synonyms: unhappiness, distress, wretchedness, hardship, suffering, affliction, anguish, anxiety, angst, torment, torture, hell, agony, pain, discomfort, deprivation, poverty, grief, heartache, heartbreak, heartbrokenness, despair, despondency, dejection, depression, desolation, gloom, gloominess, low spirits, moroseness, doldrums, melancholy, melancholia, woe, sadness, sorrow; More

antonyms: contentment, pleasure

a cause or source of great distress or discomfort.

plural noun: miseries

"the miseries of war"

synonyms: affliction, misfortune, difficulty, problem, adversity, ordeal, trouble, hardship, deprivation;