[ˈmɪz(ə)ri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort
(e.g: a man who had brought her nothing but misery)


Phrases:
- make someone's life a misery
- put someone or something out of their misery

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French miserie, from Latin miseria, from miser ‘wretched’