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Meanings of misery in anglès

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A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune.

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        Examples for "wretchedness"
        Examples for "wretchedness"
        1
        He was wretched; and in his wretchedness his resolves became involuntarily weakened.
        The Parisians — Volume 03
        2
        All the rest of the day he would mope in silent wretchedness.
        Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
        3
        But he who takes no part in it lives on in wretchedness.
        The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
        4
        They are alone; this is the secret of their wretchedness and impotence.
        Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian
        5
        But hunger and wretchedness rise superior to fears in the long run.
        The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
        1
        But I'm trying to keep my miserableness to myself.
        Kitty Canary: A Novel
        2
        He was on the edge of felicity in his miserableness when his indefatigable women entered, all smiles.
        Mr. Prohack
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        Yet, besides my miserableness, there was something very like pleasure as well, though of a grim sort.
        Oddsfish!
        4
        The Greeks believed that the gods gave them wine so that they might forget the miserableness of existence.
        John Barleycorn
        5
        There has been some debate in the Irish Times letters pages about the miserableness of films reviewed last week.
        The Irish Times
        Usage of misery in anglès
        1
        Laziness and idleness; evolution and revolution; poverty and misery; character and reputation.
        The Measurement of Intelligence / An Explanation of and a Comple...
        2
        More misery for France but a nice long holiday for South Africa.
        The Guardian
        3
        Nov. 5-Germansin critical position; frost a new misery of the campaign.
        The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
        4
        It help me; it keep me glad; it save me from misery.
        Those Who Smiled, and Eleven Other Stories
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        You have seen the misery in which I live in the raudales.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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        To understand their misery it is probably necessary to revisit their history.
        The Guardian
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        Unutterable misery was in his face; unutterable misery was in his voice.
        The Law and the Lady
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        It was a happy sort of misery, since children know no better.
        Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
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        The doctor wove toward us through the obstacle course of human misery.
        Monday Mourning
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        The trouble with Turner added to the general misery of the situation.
        The After House
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        In a situation like that there's no point in prolonging the misery.
        The ginger man
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        There was dissatisfaction in London; in James Towne misery and often despair.
        Virginia: the Old Dominion / As seen from its colonial waterway,...
        13
        Famine and misery reached their climax in the country in that year.
        Five Years of Theosophy
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        But the misery in front of him held Stephen in a spell.
        The Crisis — Volume 01
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        There is no pathos in real misery: no luxury in real grief.
        The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
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        That would mean more droughts, floods, human misery and international security challenges.
        Reuters
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