Vocabulary
Misery
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort.
Urdu meaning
تکلیف، بدبختی،بدنصیبی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- At the heart of the children`s misery lies the state`s failure to fix administrative flaws and a twisted dismissal of child rights.
- In such circumstances, taxing them would deepen their misery.
- Unless preparedness replaces firefighting, each monsoon will continue to unleash misery.
- THE recent floods have resulted in misery, displacement, death, loss of property and livestock, crop destruction and damage to infrastructure.
- For ordinary Afghans caught between earthquake rubble and official pronouncements, the result is misery layered upon misery.
Synonyms
unhappiness, distress, wretchedness, hardship, suffering, affliction, anguish
Antonyms
contentment, pleasure
Curator example
“a man who had brought her nothing but misery”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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