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misery

 
 
/ˈmɪzəri/ noun [C, U]

Translation

great suffering or unhappiness
bedbahtlık, mutsuzluk, sefalet, perişanlık
The war brought misery to millions of people. Her husband's drinking is making her life a misery.986
put sb out of their misery to stop someone worrying by telling them what they want to know
birini sıkıntıdan/endişeden kurtarmak; söyleyerek/anlatarak rahatlatmak/ferahlatmak
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(Definition of misery noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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