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misery(dictionary)
Misery Index(money)
Misery index(finance)

misery (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: miserie, from Latin miseria, from miser; MISER]
[U and C] great suffering that is caused for example by being very poor or very sick
::What we are witnessing here is human misery on a vast scale.
::the misery of unemployment
::the miseries of war
[U and C] great unhappiness
::She looked away so that Tom wouldn't see her misery.
::His face was a picture of sheer misery.
::The news plunged him into abject misery .
make sb's life a misery
BrE to cause so much trouble for someone that they cannot enjoy their life
::Competitive mothers can make their daughters' lives a misery.
put sth/sb out of their misery
a) informal to make someone stop feeling worried, especially by telling them something they are waiting to hear
::Go on, put them out of their misery and announce the winner.
b) to kill a sick or injured animal in order to end its suffering
-synonym put down put down
::I think you should put the poor creature out of its misery.
[C] BrE spoken someone who is always complaining and never enjoys anything
::Don't be such a misery.
::What's the matter with you, misery guts (=a name for someone like this) ?