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misery

გამოთქმა: /ˈmɪz(ə)ri/

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Universal
  • a state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort:a man who had brought her nothing but misery the misery of the miner’s existence
  • [count noun] (usually miseries) a cause or source of great distress or discomfort:the miseries of war
  • [count noun] British informal a person who is constantly miserable or discontented:have we really been such a bunch of miseries to work with?

make someone's life a misery (or make life a misery for someone)

cause someone severe distress by continued unpleasantness or harassment: the blackmail that was making his father’s life a misery

put someone/thing out of their misery

end the suffering of a person or animal in pain by killing them: I’ll send him to our ‘hospice’ tent and then I’ll put him out of his misery
informal release someone from suspense or anxiety by telling them something they are anxious to know: listeners were put out of their misery just before midday when broadcasters admitted to the April Fool

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