misery

  • 11misery — index calamity, disaster, distress (anguish), pain, pessimism, prostration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …

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  • 12Misery — es una película basada en la novela del mismo título de Stephen King …

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  • 13misery — (n.) late 14c., condition of external unhappiness, from O.Fr. misere miserable situation, misfortune, distress (12c.), from L. miseria wretchedness, from miser (see MISER (Cf. miser)). Meaning condition of one in great sorrow or mental distress… …

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  • 14misery — *distress, suffering, agony, dolor, passion Analogous words: adversity, *misfortune: affliction, visitation, *trial, tribulation: melancholy, dejection, *sadness, depression Antonyms: felicity, blessedness Contrasted words: * …

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  • 15misery — ► NOUN (pl. miseries) 1) wretched unhappiness. 2) a cause of this. 3) Brit. informal a person who is constantly miserable …

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  • 16misery — [miz′ər ē] n. pl. miseries [ME miserie < OFr < L miseria < miser, wretched] 1. a condition of great wretchedness or suffering because of pain, sorrow, poverty, etc.; distress 2. a cause of such suffering; pain, sorrow, poverty, squalor,… …

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  • 17Misery — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Misery (homonymie). Misery Auteur Stephen King Genre Roman Thriller Version originale …

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  • 18misery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ abject, great, real, sheer, untold ▪ This phobia can cause untold misery for the sufferer. ▪ complete ▪ …

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  • 19misery — n. 1) to cause misery 2) to alleviate, relieve misery 3) abject, deep; sheer, untold misery 4) misery to + inf. (it was sheer misery to live there = it was sheer misery living there) 5) in misery (to live in misery) * * * [ mɪz(ə)rɪ] deep relieve …

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  • 20misery — mis|e|ry S3 [ˈmızəri] n plural miseries [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: miserie, from Latin miseria, from miser; MISER] 1.) [U and C] great suffering that is caused for example by being very poor or very sick ▪ What we are witnessing here …

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