noun
misery
great unhappiness or suffering
In more detail
1. (noun) extreme unhappiness or suffering
2. (noun) a cause of suffering or pain
Examples
- 1. After losing his job, he fell into a state of misery.
- 2. Poverty and disease are great miseries affecting many people.
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