misery

3 definitions • 5 examples

great unhappiness:

We have witnessed the most appalling scenes of human misery.

Ten years of marriage to him have made her life a misery.

someone who is often very unhappy and is always complaining about things:

Oh come on, don't be such a misery!

Stop being such an old misery guts!

great unhappiness:

[ U ] With the rice harvest, hope is sprouting amid the misery.