[ UK /mˈɪzəɹˌi/ ]
[ US /ˈmɪzɝi/ ]
NOUN
  1. a feeling of intense unhappiness
    she was exhausted by her misery and grief
  2. a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
    the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use misery In A Sentence

  • He bears misery best who hides it most. 
  • And while some of us will be hoping for a balmy summer to follow, that could spell more misery for many. The Sun
  • Sensation - seeking newspapers tried to cash in on her misery.
  • The actress is asking the court to protect her from an obsessive fan who is making her life a misery.
  • People feared the development would cause traffic gridlock and claimed noisy fans would make their lives a misery.
  • He stared in dumb misery at the wreckage of the car.
  • Even one day lost in misery is a great loss, for the day will never come back again. You lose 24 hours of happiness, joy & bliss. Live each day in happiness. RVM 
  • As to Morgan: the sooner the old bumbler is put out his own (and Wales's) misery, the better. Cheryl Gillan Shines on Question Time
  • Pain may create misery, pain may give you sorrow. It may trouble you today, but will be gone tomorrow. Pain has its ways; it surely comes but never stays. RVM 
  • When the cup of human life is so overflowing with woe and pain and misery, it seems to me a narrow dilettanteism or downright charlatanism to devote one's self to petty or bizarre problems which can have no relation to human happiness, and to prate of self-satisfaction and self-expression. Woman Her Sex and Love Life
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy