misery

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ abject, great, real, sheer, untold

▪

This phobia can cause untold misery for the sufferer.

▪ complete

▪

Her misery was made complete when she was separated from her children.

▪ personal

▪ human

▪ economic

▪

the country's economic misery

VERB + MISERY

▪ be full of, endure, feel, live in, suffer

▪

people who suffer the misery of unemployment

▪ bring (sb), cause (sb), create, inflict

▪

The money brought him nothing but misery.

▪ add to, heap (esp. BrE), prolong

▪

War has now added to the misery of these starving people.

▪

This financial blow heaps more misery on the community.

▪ alleviate, ease, relieve

▪

ways to alleviate human misery

▪ end

▪ put sb/sth out of

▪

In the end we asked the vet to put the creature out of its misery (= kill it humanely).

▪

Oh, put her out of her misery—tell her who won. (humorous)

▪ spare sb

▪

At least we were spared the misery of having to do it all again.

▪ share (esp. AmE)

▪ forget

PREPOSITION

▪ misery of

▪

the sheer misery of homelessness

PHRASES

▪ make sb's life a misery

▪

His constant criticism made her life a misery.