misery

sufrimiento, desdicha

Tristeza o sufrimiento muy intenso, tanto emocional como físico.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: suffering, distress, unhappiness

Antónimos: happiness, joy

Expresiones frecuentes: deep misery, cause misery, live in misery

miseria, pobreza extrema

Vida marcada por una pobreza extrema, hambre y condiciones muy malas.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: destitution, poverty

Antónimos: prosperity

Expresiones frecuentes: live in misery, poverty and misery

desgracia, calamidad

Acontecimiento o problema que causa mucho sufrimiento o infelicidad.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: the miseries of something (The novel describes the miseries of war.)

Sinónimos: misfortune, calamity, affliction

Expresiones frecuentes: misery after misery, miseries of something