misery
/ˈmɪz(ə)ri/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈmɪz(ə)ri/
misery
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
mi - se - ry -> misery
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ (က) [U] ဝေဒနာ။ နာကျင်မှု။ ဒုက္ခ။ suffer the misery of toothache ❍ lead a life of total misery. (ခ) [C usu pl ] ကံဆိုး မိုးမှောင်ကျခြင်း။ the miseries of unemployment ❍ This dispute with the neighbours is making my life a misery.
၂။ [C] (Brit infml ) အမြဲ စိတ်ဆင်းရဲပြီး ညည်းညူနေတတ်သောသူ။ My father's a real old misery!
❏ put an animal, a bird, etc out of its misery [IDM ] ဝဋ်ကျွတ်အောင် သတ်ပေးသည်။ လားပင်စင်ပေးသည်။
❏ put sb out of their misery [IDM ]
၁။ ဝဋ်ကျွတ်အောင် သတ်ပေးသည်။
၂။ (joc ) သိလို၍ တအုံနွေးနွေး ဖြစ်နေသူကို ဖွင့်ပြောပြသည်။ Put me out of my misery—tell me if I've passed or not!
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Synonyms
unhappiness, sadness, depression, desolation, gloom, wretchedness, melancholy, despair, grief, sorrow, distress, agony, misfortune, ache, adversity, affliction, anguish, anvil chorus, anxiety, bad news, bitter pill, blues, burden, calamity, catastrophe, curse, deprivation, despondency, destitution, difficulty, disaster, discomfort, dolor, hardship, headache, heartache, hurting, indigence, load, need, ordeal, pain, pang, passion, penury, poverty, privation, problem, sordidness, squalor, stitch, suffering, throe, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, want, woe, worriment, worry
Antonyms
advantage, aid, benefit, blessing, boon, calmness, cheer, comfort, contentment, delight, ease, favor, fortune, fun, gladness, good fortune, good luck, happiness, health, help, hopefulness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, peace, pleasure, plenty, relief, tranquility, wealth
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