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misery [ˈmɪzəri] N

1. misery (unhappiness):

misery

misery

to make sb's life a misery

atormentar alguém

to put sb out of his/her misery

satisfazer a curiosidade de alguém

2. misery (extreme poverty):

misery

Usage examples with misery

to make sb's life a misery

atormentar alguém

to put sb out of his/her misery

satisfazer a curiosidade de alguém

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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. en.wikipedia.org

Through trial and error the neighborhood tries to raise itself from the misery of the eighties and nineties of the twentieth century. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

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

The injured man blames the other for his misery and swears to make him pay for it. en.wikipedia.org

Profound realism, objective narrative manner about the fate of someone fallen in life, a display of material and spiritual misery. en.wikipedia.org

After a life of misery, he is accepted as an equal member in the new collective farm. en.wikipedia.org

I find that numbers of writers experience these same miseries over their work and do not, as is so often supposed, enjoy the process. en.wikipedia.org

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

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