| NOUN | state | misery, wretchedness, miserableness | a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune |
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| feeling | misery | a feeling of intense unhappiness |
| Sounds | mih'zeriy | |
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| Rhymes | accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy... | |
| Meaning | A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune. | |
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| Example | "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable" | |
| Synonyms | wretchedness, miserableness | |
| Narrower | concentration camp | A situation characterized by crowding / crowding and extremely harsh conditions |
| living death | A state of constant misery | |
| suffering, woe | misery resulting from affliction | |
| Broader | ill-being | lack of prosperity or happiness or health |
| Spanish | desdicha, desgracia | |
| Catalan | desgràcia, dissort | |
| Meaning | A feeling of intense unhappiness. | |
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| Example | "she was exhausted by her misery and grief" | |
| Broader | sadness, unhappiness | emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being |
| Spanish | desdicha, pena, tristeza | |
| Catalan | pena, tristesa, tristor | |
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