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misery

/ˈmɪzəi/MIH-zur-ee
/ˈmɪzɚi/MIH-zur-ee

Meaningwretchedness

Common meaning: great unhappiness

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin miser ‘wretched, pitiable’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry miser, p. 1150 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • miser Latin “wretched, pitiable”

Related words

commiseratecommiserationmisermiserable

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