Antonyms for misery

Grammar : Noun

Spell : miz-uh-ree

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪz ə ri

Definition of misery

Origin : late 14c., "condition of external unhappiness," from Old French misere "miserable situation, misfortune, distress" (12c.), from Latin miseria "wretchedness," from miser (see miser). Meaning "condition of one in great sorrow or mental distress" is from 1530s. Meaning "bodily pain" is 1825, American English.

noun pain, mental or physical
noun trouble, disaster

Example sentences :

And let it be considered, what misery to me, Madam, if I marry that hated Solmes!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

And what I overheard in the armoury--about a telegram--telling me--putting me out of my misery?
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

But she had not so much share in her own cheerfulness as her poor aunts had in their misery.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

In the selfishness of his misery he looked upon this as lack of sympathy with himself.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Now, she was sunken in an apathy that saved her from the worst pangs of misery.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Out of that fact, he drew an immediate comfort in this period of his misery.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

When Shakespeare's mistress had her will, did she fall to misery, I wonder?
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

Garson was thinking of Mary, and, with the thought, into his misery crept a little comfort.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Misery implied affection, and her love for Palmer was quite dead.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The breaking of the marriage covenant is followed by shame and misery.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

Synonyms for misery

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