wretchedness of condition or circumstances.

distress or suffering caused by need, privation, or poverty.

great mental or emotional distress; extreme unhappiness.

a cause or source of distress.

Older Use .

a pain

a misery in my left side.

rheumatism.

Often, miseries. a case or period of despondency or gloom.

noun

cheer , delight , fun , gladness , happiness , joy , pleasure , advantage , benefit , blessing , boon , good fortune , good luck

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ache , agony , anguish , anvil chorus , bad news * , blues * , depression , desolation , despair , despondency , discomfort , distress , dolor , gloom , grief , hardship , headache , heartache , hurting , melancholy , pang , passion , sadness , sorrow , squalor , stitch , suffering , throe , torment , torture , twinge , unhappiness , woe , worriment , worry , wretchedness , adversity , affliction , anxiety , bitter pill , burden , calamity , catastrophe , curse , destitution , difficulty , indigence , load , misfortune , need , ordeal , penury , poverty , privation , problem , sordidness , trial , tribulation , want , hurt , pain , wound , prick , prickle , smart , soreness , stab , sting , ailment , trouble