misery

Elend, Leid

Sehr große Traurigkeit oder seelisches beziehungsweise körperliches Leiden.

In einfachem Englisch: Great sadness or suffering in your mind or body.

• She cried in misery.
• The constant pain made his life a misery.
• Their kindness helped end years of loneliness and misery.

Synonyme: suffering, distress, unhappiness

Gegenteile: happiness, joy

Häufige Wendungen: deep misery, cause misery, live in misery

Elend, Armut

Leben in großer Armut, Hunger und sehr schlechten Lebensbedingungen.

In einfachem Englisch: A way of life marked by extreme poverty, hunger, and very poor living conditions.

• Many families lived in misery.
• The photographs show the misery of the city’s poorest streets.
• Better housing helped lift them out of misery.

Synonyme: destitution, poverty

Gegenteile: prosperity

Häufige Wendungen: live in misery, poverty and misery

Unglück, Plage

Ereignis oder Problem, das großes Leid oder Unglück verursacht.

In einfachem Englisch: An event or problem that causes great suffering or unhappiness.

• Illness was only one of their many miseries.
• The family endured misery after misery.
• She wrote about the small miseries of everyday life.

So benutzt man es: the miseries of something (The novel describes the miseries of war.)

Synonyme: misfortune, calamity, affliction

Häufige Wendungen: misery after misery, miseries of something