misery
/ˈmɪzəri/noun
उच्चारण मिज़री
दुख, कष्ट, दुर्दशा
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[U]
great suffering of the mind or body
दुख, कष्ट, दुर्दशा
- The floods brought misery to thousands.
- She was in misery after her dog died.
- The war brought misery to millions of families.
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- He lived in misery after losing his job.
- Mohan's misery ended when the rains finally came.
Synonyms suffering distress wretchedness
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[C, usually pl.]
something that causes great suffering
कष्ट देने वाली चीज़, मुसीबत
- the miseries of unemployment
- The floods brought untold misery to the village.
- She described the miseries of life in the refugee camp.
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- Poverty and hunger are common human miseries.
- The miseries of the long winter tired everyone.
Synonyms hardship trouble affliction
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
misery (uncountable) / miseries (plural)
Misery is normally uncountable. The plural miseries is used for separate sufferings and is rather literary.
'Misery' सामान्यतः uncountable है। अलग-अलग कष्टों के लिए plural 'miseries' आता है, जो कुछ साहित्यिक है।
- The floods brought great misery to thousands of families.
- He thought of the miseries of the poor.
in misery / in misery over sth
Use in to show the state a person is in.
किसी व्यक्ति की अवस्था बताने के लिए 'in' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The refugees lived in misery for months.
- She was in misery over her results.
misery + of + noun
Of names the cause or the type of suffering.
कष्ट का कारण या प्रकार बताने के लिए 'of' आता है।
- The misery of poverty can break a person's spirit.
make sb's life a misery / be a misery to sb
Use make with life a misery for someone who causes a person constant trouble; a misery is also a person or thing that causes unhappiness.
जो व्यक्ति दूसरे को लगातार परेशान करे, उसके लिए 'make sb's life a misery' आता है; 'a misery' दुख देने वाले व्यक्ति या वस्तु को भी कहते हैं।
- The noisy neighbours made our life a misery.
- Waiting at the crowded platform was a misery.
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adjective + misery
humanuntolduttersheergreat
- The earthquake caused untold misery in the hill villages.
verb + misery
causebringendrelievesuffer
- The new canal ended the misery of the drought-hit farmers.
misery + noun / phrase
misery indexa life of miseryscenes of miserytears and misery
- The film shows scenes of misery in a slum.
misery + preposition
in miseryfrom miseryout of miseryto sb's misery
- To my misery, the train was cancelled.
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- Years of debt brought misery to the whole family.
वर्षों के कर्ज़ ने पूरे परिवार को दुख दिया।
- Radhika could not bear the misery of seeing stray dogs in the cold.
राधिका सर्दी में आवारा कुत्तों को देखने का कष्ट सह नहीं पाई।
- The long, wet journey was a misery for the children.
वह लंबी, भीगी यात्रा बच्चों के लिए कष्टदायक थी।
- Charity workers try to reduce the misery of earthquake survivors.
दान संस्थाओं के कार्यकर्ता भूकंप से बचे लोगों के कष्ट को कम करने का प्रयास करते हैं।
- Her illness made her last years a misery.
उसकी बीमारी ने उसके अंतिम वर्षों को कष्टमय बना दिया।
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✗ He is in a great misery.
✓ He is in great misery.
Misery is used without an article when it names the state.
अवस्था बताने के अर्थ में 'misery' बिना article के आता है।
✗ The beggar was misery.
✓ The beggar was miserable.
Misery is a noun; use the adjective miserable to describe a person.
'Misery' noun है; व्यक्ति का वर्णन करने के लिए adjective 'miserable' का प्रयोग करें।
✗ He made my life misery.
✓ He made my life a misery.
In this phrase misery is countable and needs the article a.
इस वाक्यांश में 'misery' countable है और उसके साथ article 'a' आता है।
¶Idioms 1
put sb out of their misery
to stop somebody worrying by telling them what they want to know; to kill a suffering animal
(सच बताकर) किसी की बेचैनी खत्म करना; (तड़पते जानवर को) मार देना
- Put me out of my misery; did I pass or not?
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Do not confuse with miser (a person who hoards money).
इसे miser (कंजूस) से भ्रमित न करें।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
'Misery loves company.'
कहावत 'Misery loves company' है।