misery
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Is misery a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of misery?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (US and UK, dialects) A bodily ache or pain.Examples: "[...] and I had a misery in my left breast and shoulder. I was hurt, but knew not how or how much."Synonyms: misery, pain, warkUKUScountabledialectaluncountable
2. (Extreme) poverty.Examples: "The Widdow that hath but a pan of braſſe, […] Muſt pay her Landlord many a groat, Or twil be puld out of her throat: […] The rich haue all, the poore liue in miſerie: […]"Synonyms: armth, beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, indigence, mendicancy, mendicitycountableuncountable
3. (archaic) greed; avarice.Synonyms: avarice, covetise, covetousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, Mammon, rapacityarchaiccountableuncountable
name (English)
1. (derogatory, slang, humorous) Derogatory name for Missouri: a state of the United States.Examples: "First, the young lady whom you spoke as becoming [a] mistress of the establishment would most likely (if she could become as such) be brought into a state of misery, instead of being brought from the state of misery, (or Missouri), [...]"derogatoryhumorousslang
Definition source: Wiktionary