1. great unhappiness or suffering
2. very poor or unpleasant living conditions
3. a cause or source of great distress or discomfort

Examples

• The refugees lived in complete misery for months.
• She was in misery after losing her job.
• The drought brought misery to thousands of farmers.
• His back pain was pure misery.
• The family escaped from a life of misery and poverty.
• The long commute was a daily misery for him.
• War brings nothing but misery and destruction.