Translations for „misery“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

misery [ˈmɪzəri, Am -ɚi] N

1. misery (unhappiness):

misery

nieszczęście nt

misery

niedola f

2. misery (suffering):

misery

cierpienie nt

to put an animal out of its misery

skracać [perf skrócić] zwierzęciu męki

to put sb out of his/her misery iron

nie męczyć kogoś dłużej

3. misery inf (person):

misery

zrzęda m o f

Usage examples with misery

sheer misery

prawdziwe nieszczęście nt

to alleviate poverty/misery

redukować [perf z-] nędzę/biedę

the vale of tears/misery

padół m płaczu/nieszczęść

to put sb out of his/her misery iron

nie męczyć kogoś dłużej

to put an animal out of its misery

skracać [perf skrócić] zwierzęciu męki

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They plan a journey to the sea to escape from all the misery around them and on the way to find love and solidarity.

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These faults lead to his spiral into sin and, ultimately, misery.

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His plays in the 1970s portrayed people who had been rendered speechless by their own social misery.

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He prefers to be secluded and loves being alone in his misery.

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Revolutions, wars and their consequence misery created mass refugee-waves to the outside world.

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They then realise a lack of rules would only mean misery for others.

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In this blessed experience there is neither happiness nor misery, neither light nor darkness.

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The spread of diseases among the passengers represented another misery of the journey.

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More than half the people of the world are living in conditions approaching misery.

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Life offers most to those whose fate lies between these two extremes; they are not cloyed with happiness nor crushed with misery.

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