misery — great unhappiness and emotional or physical pain
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: great unhappiness and emotional or physical pain
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈmɪzəri/
Korean meaning: 극심한 불행, 고통, 비참함
Korean pronunciation: **미**저리
Example Sentences
- After watching 10 hours of boring lectures, the students were in absolute misery.
- The war brought nothing but death and misery to the innocent civilians.
- My phone battery died right before my important presentation - pure misery!
misery
NOUN//ˈmɪzəri//
great unhappiness and emotional or physical pain
💡 Concept
great unhappiness and emotional or physical pain
🎵 Rhyme
History's mystery breeds endless misery
🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/ˈmɪzəri/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈmɪzəri/
🌳Etymology
Rootmiser
Suffix--y
Origin
라틴어에서 온 단어로, '비참한' 상태를 나타내는 말에서 유래했습니다. 마치 미제리코르디아(자비)의 반대 개념처럼, 자비가 없는 상황에서 느끼는 고통을 표현합니다.
🎵Rhyme
historymysteryblistery
history
mystery
blistery
🔗Collocations
human misery
put out of misery
misery and suffering
abject misery
economic misery
wallow in misery
📝Examples
😄 Fun example
“After watching 10 hours of boring lectures, the students were in absolute misery.”
“The war brought nothing but death and misery to the innocent civilians.”
😄 Fun example
“My phone battery died right before my important presentation - pure misery!”
“The refugees fled their homeland to escape the misery of persecution.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
sufferinganguishtormentdistressagony
Antonyms
happinessjoybliss
Related
miserablemisercommiseratecompassion
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