misery

  • 121misery index — an unofficial indication of a nation s economic health, derived by adding the percentage rate of inflation to the percentage of unemployed workers: With inflation running at 15 percent and unemployment at 8 percent, the misery index is 23 percent …

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  • 122misery guts —    A misery guts is a person who s always unhappy and tries to make others feel negative.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 123misery loves company — sad people want to be with other sad people    On the door of the jail was this sign: Misery Loves Company …

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  • 124Misery loves company. — something that you say which means that people who are feeling sad usually want the people they are with to also feel sad. On a bad day, she isn t satisfied till the entire family is in tears. Misery loves company …

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  • 125Misery guts —   A misery guts is a person who s always unhappy and tries to make others feel negative …

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  • 126misery — noun (plural eries) Date: 14th century 1. a state of suffering and want that is the result of poverty or affliction 2. a circumstance, thing, or place that causes suffering or discomfort 3. a state of great unhappiness and emotional distress… …

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  • 127misery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wretchedness, poverty; distress, anguish. See pain. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Pain] Syn. distress, suffering, agony; see pain 2 . 2. [Dejection] Syn. worry, despair, desolation; see depression 2 , grief… …

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  • 128misery — mis·er·y || mɪzÉ™rɪ n. distress, wretchedness, sorrow, suffering, poverty …

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