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# misery

«misery» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Great unhappiness or suffering, in body or mind** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (misery, miseries)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Great unhappiness or suffering, in body or mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#m1)

2) Very poor and hard living conditions: «they lived in misery». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#m2)

3) (UK, informal) A person who is always grumpy and complaining: «Don't be such a misery!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#m3)

4) (idioms) «make someone's life a misery» (keep upsetting them); «put an animal out of its misery» (kill it kindly to end its suffering); «put someone out of their misery» (tell them news they are anxious to hear). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah misery is the opposite of happiness, meant for the wicked. Interpretation: The book teaches that good people are rewarded and the wicked punished, as other Jewish tradition does. In the primary lessons: In stories, misery describes deep sadness, loss or hard lives, like Victorian children working in factories. In everyday life people use it for small troubles jokingly: «the misery of Monday mornings». In history, war and poverty caused great misery. Phrases: «a life of misery», «misery guts» (UK, informal grumpy person), «make life a misery».

### examples

- Misery, or an evil end, or simply evil, ROH. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x1)
- Happiness is reserved for the just, and misery for the wicked ones. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x2)
- Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. (Writings PRO.31.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x3)
- For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away; (Writings JOB.11.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x4)
- Wherewith is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul — (Writings JOB.3.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x5)
- The war brought misery to millions of people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x6)
- The bully made her life a misery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x7)
- Don't be such a misery – come and play! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x8)
- Come on, put me out of my misery and tell me the score! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x9)
- The flood left the town in misery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x10)
- Grandad calls my brother a «misery guts» when he sulks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x11)
- Toothache is pure misery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x12)
- Charity groups work to end the misery of hunger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x13)
- Save my child from all that misery! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/#x14)

### note

Mostly uncountable, but «miseries» is used for different troubles. Adjective: miserable. Pronounced «MIZ-er-ee». Spelling: miser + y. A «miser» is a different word (someone who hates spending money). Not a maths word.

### In the corpora

- [Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.904/)
- [Wherewith is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.58/)
- [For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.278/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «misery» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/misery/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.