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misery

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French miserie (modern: misère), from Latin miseria, from miser. Doublet of misère.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?z(?)??/
  • (General American) enPR: m?z??-r?, m?z?r?, IPA(key): /?m?z(?)?i/
  • Hyphenation: mis?ery

Noun

misery (countable and uncountable, plural miseries)

  1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
  2. (US and Britain, dialects) A bodily ache or pain.
    • 1868, John Vestal Hadley, Seven Months a Prisoner, page 15:
      [...] and I had a misery in my left breast and shoulder. I was hurt, but knew not how or how much.
  3. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
  4. (Extreme) poverty.
  5. (archaic) greed; avarice.

Synonyms

  • see Thesaurus:greed

Derived terms

  • put out of one's misery

Related terms

  • commiserate
  • miser
  • miserable

Translations

Anagrams

  • Myries

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heartbreak

English

Etymology

From heart +? break

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h??t.b?e?k/
  • (US) IPA(key): /h??t.b?e?k/

Noun

heartbreak (countable and uncountable, plural heartbreaks)

  1. overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment

Translations

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