misery

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹɪ/
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• General-American: mĭzʹə-rē
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• General-American: mĭzʹrē
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• General-American: /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹi/
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Blend of Missouri + misery.

From Middle English miserie, from Old French miserie (modern: misère), from Latin miseria, from miser, equivalent to miser + -y. Doublet of misère and mizeria.

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَقَاوَة (šaqāwa) — great unhappiness
• Arabic: تَعَاسَة (taʕāsa) — great unhappiness
• Assamese: বিলৈ (biloi) — great unhappiness
• Assamese: দুৰ্দশা (durdoxa) — great unhappiness
• Early Assamese: বিলাই (bilai) — great unhappiness
• Azerbaijani: qada — great unhappiness
• Azerbaijani: bəla — great unhappiness
• Azerbaijani: dərd — great unhappiness
• Azerbaijani: müsibət — great unhappiness
• Azerbaijani: fəlakət — great unhappiness
• Belarusian: няшча́сце (njaščáscje) — great unhappiness
• Belarusian: бяда́ (bjadá) — great unhappiness
• Belarusian: го́ра (hóra) — great unhappiness
• Bulgarian: неща́стие (neštástie) — great unhappiness
• Bulgarian: страда́ние (stradánie) — great unhappiness
• Catalan: misèria — great unhappiness
• Chinese Mandarin: 苦難 /苦难 (kǔnàn) — great unhappiness
• Chinese Mandarin: 痛苦 (tòngkǔ) — great unhappiness
• Chinese Mandarin: 悲慘 /悲惨 (bēicǎn) — great unhappiness
• Chinese Mandarin: 不幸 (bùxìng) — great unhappiness
• Chinese Mandarin: 苦痛 (kǔtòng) — great unhappiness
• Czech: neštěstí — great unhappiness
• Czech: bída — great unhappiness
• Czech: hoře — great unhappiness
• Danish: elendighed — great unhappiness
• Dutch: ellende — great unhappiness
• Esperanto: mizero — great unhappiness
• Finnish: kärsimys — great unhappiness
• Finnish: surkeus — great unhappiness
• Finnish: kurjuus — great unhappiness
• French: misère — great unhappiness
• Galician: laceira — great unhappiness
• Galician: miseria — great unhappiness
• Georgian: უბედურება (ubedureba) — great unhappiness
• Georgian: წვალება (c̣valeba) — great unhappiness
• Georgian: წამება (c̣ameba) — great unhappiness
• Georgian: ტანჯვა (ṭanǯva) — great unhappiness
• Georgian: გასაჭირი (gasač̣iri) — great unhappiness
• Georgian: გაჭირვება (gač̣irveba) — great unhappiness
• German: Misere — great unhappiness
• German: Elend — great unhappiness
• Greek: αθλιότης (athliótis) — great unhappiness
• Ancient Greek: πῆμα (pêma) — great unhappiness
• Haitian Creole: mizè — great unhappiness
• Hausa: uƙuba — great unhappiness
• Hebrew: אומללות (umlalút) — great unhappiness
• Hindi: दुःख (duḥkh) — great unhappiness
• Hindi: दुर्दशा (durdaśā) — great unhappiness
• Hungarian: nyomor — great unhappiness
• Ido: mizero — great unhappiness
• Irish: aimléis — great unhappiness
• Irish: galar — great unhappiness
• Italian: miseria — great unhappiness
• Japanese: 悲惨 (hisan) — great unhappiness
• Japanese: 苦痛 (kutsū) — great unhappiness
• Japanese: 惨めさ (mijimesa) — great unhappiness
• Ladino: mizerya — great unhappiness
• Latin: miseria — great unhappiness
• Luxembourgish: Misär — great unhappiness
• Macedonian: беда (beda) — great unhappiness
• Malayalam: ദുരിതം (duritaṁ) — great unhappiness
• Māori: kōtonga — great unhappiness
• Occitan: misèria — great unhappiness
• Plautdietsch: Älent — great unhappiness
• Plautdietsch: Jauma — great unhappiness
• Polish: nieszczęście — great unhappiness
• Polish: męka — great unhappiness
• Portuguese: miséria — great unhappiness
• Romanian: mizerie — great unhappiness
• Russian: несча́стье (nesčástʹje) — great unhappiness
• Russian: го́ре (góre) — great unhappiness
• Russian: му́ка (múka) — great unhappiness
• Russian: страда́ние (stradánije) — great unhappiness
• Russian: беда́ (bedá) — great unhappiness
• Sanskrit: दुःख (duḥkha) — great unhappiness
• Serbo-Croatian: ја̏д — great unhappiness
• Serbo-Croatian: бе́да — great unhappiness
• Serbo-Croatian: бије́да — great unhappiness
• Serbo-Croatian: jȁd — great unhappiness
• Serbo-Croatian: béda — great unhappiness
• Serbo-Croatian: bijéda — great unhappiness
• Slovak: nešťastie — great unhappiness
• Slovak: bieda — great unhappiness
• Slovene: beda — great unhappiness
• Slovene: nesreča — great unhappiness
• Spanish: miseria — great unhappiness
• Spanish: sinvivir — great unhappiness
• Swedish: misär — great unhappiness
• Swedish: elände — great unhappiness
• Turkish: sefalet — great unhappiness
• Turkish: sefillik — great unhappiness
• Ottoman Turkish: شقا (şaka) — great unhappiness
• Ukrainian: неща́стя (neščástja) — great unhappiness
• Ukrainian: біда́ (bidá) — great unhappiness
• Ukrainian: го́ре (hóre) — great unhappiness
• Urdu: دکھ (dukh) — great unhappiness
• Bulgarian: несго́да (nesgóda) — cause of misery, misfortune
• Finnish: onnettomuus — cause of misery, misfortune
• Finnish: kova onni — cause of misery, misfortune
• Italian: accidente — cause of misery, misfortune
• Malayalam: ദുരിതം (duritaṁ) — cause of misery, misfortune
• Polish: nieszczęście — cause of misery, misfortune
• Portuguese: miséria — cause of misery, misfortune
• Portuguese: desgraça — cause of misery, misfortune
• Russian: невзго́ды (nevzgódy) — cause of misery, misfortune
• Spanish: desgracia — cause of misery, misfortune
• Spanish: desdicha — cause of misery, misfortune
• Spanish: infortunio — cause of misery, misfortune
• Azerbaijani: səfalət — poverty — see also poverty
• Belarusian: гале́ча (haljéča) — poverty — see also poverty
• Bulgarian: нищета́ (ništetá) — poverty — see also poverty
• Bulgarian: бе́дност (bédnost) — poverty — see also poverty
• Finnish: kurjuus — poverty — see also poverty
• Finnish: ahdinko — poverty — see also poverty
• Finnish: puutteenalaisuus — poverty — see also poverty
• Galician: laceira — poverty — see also poverty
• Galician: miseria — poverty — see also poverty
• Galician: mesquindade — poverty — see also poverty
• Georgian: სიღატაკე (siɣaṭaḳe) — poverty — see also poverty
• Georgian: სიღარიბე (siɣaribe) — poverty — see also poverty
• Polish: bieda — poverty — see also poverty
• Portuguese: miséria — poverty — see also poverty
• Portuguese: indigência — poverty — see also poverty
• Portuguese: penúria — poverty — see also poverty
• Russian: нищета́ (niščetá) — poverty — see also poverty
• Russian: бе́дность (bédnostʹ) — poverty — see also poverty
• Spanish: miseria — poverty — see also poverty
• Spanish: penuria — poverty — see also poverty
• Spanish: indigencia — poverty — see also poverty
• Spanish: estrechez — poverty — see also poverty
• Spanish: egestad — poverty — see also poverty
• Swedish: misär — poverty — see also poverty
• Swedish: elände — poverty — see also poverty
• Swedish: nöd — poverty — see also poverty
• Swedish: armod — poverty — see also poverty
• Ukrainian: зли́дні (zlýdni) — poverty — see also poverty
• Ukrainian: бі́дність (bídnistʹ) — poverty — see also poverty
• Ukrainian: нужда́ (nuždá) — poverty — see also poverty