misery

souffrance, malheur

Très grande tristesse ou souffrance physique ou morale.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : suffering, distress, unhappiness

Contraires : happiness, joy

Expressions courantes : deep misery, cause misery, live in misery

misère

Vie marquée par une extrême pauvreté, la faim et de très mauvaises conditions de logement et d’existence.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : destitution, poverty

Contraires : prosperity

Expressions courantes : live in misery, poverty and misery

malheur, épreuve

Événement ou problème qui provoque une grande souffrance ou beaucoup de tristesse.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : the miseries of something (The novel describes the miseries of war.)

Synonymes : misfortune, calamity, affliction

Expressions courantes : misery after misery, miseries of something