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Noun: misery  mizuree
  1. A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
    "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
    - wretchedness, miserableness
     
  2. A feeling of intense unhappiness
    "she was exhausted by her misery and grief"

Derived forms: miseries

Type of: ill-being, sadness, unhappiness

Encyclopedia: Misery Misery, Somme

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