misery

About 7.59 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

   Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face.

2. noun A bodily ache or pain.
3. noun Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
4. noun poverty.
5. noun greed; avarice.

Similar words

wretchedness miserable wretched desperation despair doom hopelessness pathetic plight woe

Often followed by

and of in to that is which for was

Word family

miseries put out of its misery