misery

noun

/ˈmɪzəri/

(plural miseries)

Idioms

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[uncountable] great physical or mental pain synonym distress
- Fame brought her nothing but misery.
Extra Examples
- He was too wrapped in misery to reply.
- Her misery was made complete when she was separated from her children.
- I sank deeper into my misery.
- The giant-killers heaped more misery on the home team.
- The money brought him nothing but misery.
- This financial blow heaps more misery on the community.
- This phobia can cause untold misery for the sufferer.
- War has now added to the misery of these starving people.
- ways to alleviate human misery
- The bad news had plunged him into abject misery.
Topics Feelingsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- abject
- great
- real
- …
verb + misery
- be full of
- endure
- feel
- …
preposition
- misery of
phrases
- make somebody’s life a misery
See full entry
[uncountable] very poor living conditions synonym poverty
- The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- abject
- great
- real
- …
verb + misery
- be full of
- endure
- feel
- …
preposition
- misery of
phrases
- make somebody’s life a misery
See full entry
[countable] something that causes great physical or mental pain
- the miseries of unemployment
- the sheer misery of homelessness
- the country's economic misery
[countable] (British English, informal) a person who is always unhappy and complaining
- Don't be such an old misery!
- Old misery guts here doesn’t want to go out.

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French miserie, from Latin miseria, from miser ‘wretched’.

Idioms

make somebody’s life a misery

to behave in a way that makes somebody else feel very unhappy
- My old boss used to make my life a misery.
- His constant criticism made her life a misery.

put an animal, a bird, etc. out of its misery

to kill a creature because it has an illness or injury that cannot be treated
- In the end we asked the vet to put the poor creature out of its misery.

put somebody out of their misery

(informal) to stop somebody worrying by telling them something that they are anxious to know
- Put me out of my misery—did I pass or didn't I?
- Oh, put her out of her misery—tell her who won.

单词	misery
释义	misery noun /ˈmɪzəri/ /ˈmɪzəri/ (plural miseries) Idioms jump to other results [uncountable] great physical or mental pain synonym distress Fame brought her nothing but misery. Extra Examples He was too wrapped in misery to reply. Her misery was made complete when she was separated from her children. I sank deeper into my misery. The giant-killers heaped more misery on the home team. The money brought him nothing but misery. This financial blow heaps more misery on the community. This phobia can cause untold misery for the sufferer. War has now added to the misery of these starving people. ways to alleviate human misery The bad news had plunged him into abject misery. Topics Feelingsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective abject great real … verb + misery be full of endure feel … preposition misery of phrases make somebody’s life a misery See full entry [uncountable] very poor living conditions synonym poverty The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective abject great real … verb + misery be full of endure feel … preposition misery of phrases make somebody’s life a misery See full entry [countable] something that causes great physical or mental pain the miseries of unemployment the sheer misery of homelessness the country's economic misery [countable] (British English, informal) a person who is always unhappy and complaining Don't be such an old misery! Old misery guts here doesn’t want to go out. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French miserie, from Latin miseria, from miser ‘wretched’. Idioms make somebody’s life a misery to behave in a way that makes somebody else feel very unhappy My old boss used to make my life a misery. His constant criticism made her life a misery. put an animal, a bird, etc. out of its misery to kill a creature because it has an illness or injury that cannot be treated In the end we asked the vet to put the poor creature out of its misery. put somebody out of their misery (informal) to stop somebody worrying by telling them something that they are anxious to know Put me out of my misery—did I pass or didn't I? Oh, put her out of her misery—tell her who won.
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