misery

misery is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. Chaucer. Destruction and misery are in their ways. Rom. iii. 16.

[2] Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes. Shak.

[3] Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obs.]

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