misery

Other forms of misery

plural

miseries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about misery

What does misery mean?

misery means "a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in misery?

misery has 3 syllables: mis-e-ry. The stress falls on "mis". In IPA it is /ˈmɪzɚi/.

What is another word for misery?

Close synonyms include wretchedness, miserableness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is misery a common word?

misery is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.