Mis'er-y, n.

n. [Lat. miseria, from miser, wretched; Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. miseria, Fr. misère.] 1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. Miseria is as really the fruit of vice reigning in the heart, as tares are the produce of tares sown in the field. J. Lathrop.

2. Natural evils which are the cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. “And mourn the miseries of human life.” Dryden.
3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obs.]

Syn.—Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish; distress; calamity; misfortune.