Misery

1. (n.) Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

2. (n.) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.

3. (n.) Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

Thesaurus Entries

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