a feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief" a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
If you put an animal out of its misery, you kill it because it is sick or injured and cannot be cured or healed. = put down
Misery is great unhappiness. All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy. the miseries of his youth
If someone makes your life a misery, they behave in an unpleasant way towards you over a period of time and make you very unhappy. the gangs of kids who make our lives a misery
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
Misery is the way of life and unpleasant living conditions of people who are very poor. A tiny, educated elite profited from the misery of their two million fellow countrymen