<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>wretchedness of condition or circumstances.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>trial</li><li>tribulation</li><li>suffering</li></ul><p><strong>Distress or suffering caused by need, privation, or poverty:</strong></p><ul><li>great mental or emotional distress;</li><li>extreme unhappiness.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>desolation</li><li>torment</li><li>woe</li><li>anguish</li><li>grief</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms:</strong></p><ul><li><p>happiness</p></li><li><p>a cause or source of distress.</p></li><li><p>Older Use: a pain; a misery in my left side.</p></li><li><p>rheumatism.</p></li><li><p>Often miseries: a case or period of despondency or gloom.</p></li></ul>