All misery synonyms

noun misery

• pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
• heartache — emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.
• gloom — total or partial darkness; dimness.
• hardship — a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship.
• torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
• agony — Agony is great physical or mental pain.
• sorrow — distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
• discomfort — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
• grief — keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
• squalor — the condition of being squalid; filth and misery.
• suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
• despair — Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
• torment — to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
• woe — grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
• passion — any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
• anguish — Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain.
• sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• headache — a pain located in the head, as over the eyes, at the temples, or at the base of the skull.
• misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
• anxiety — Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness or worry.
• catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
• privation — lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.
• ordeal — any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
• difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
• calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
• poverty — the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury. Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty.
• burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
• problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
• adversity — an unfortunate event or incident
• melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
• distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
• desolation — Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness.
• despondency — Despondency is a strong feeling of unhappiness caused by difficulties which you feel you cannot overcome.
• twinge — a sudden, sharp pain: On damp days, he's often bothered by a twinge of rheumatism.
• throe — a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
• stitch — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
• pang — a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing: a pang of remorse; a pang of desire.
• dolor — sorrow; grief.
• ache — If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.
• blues — a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness
• wretchedness — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
• depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
• unhappiness — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
• hurting — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
• worriment — the act or an instance of worrying; anxiety.
• load — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
• curse — If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
• destitution — Destitution is the state of having no money or possessions.
• indigence — seriously impoverished condition; poverty.