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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Usage of the word misery
You know the movie Misery? Because of the movie. We call some girl who is obsessive and bothering all the time like a stalker a misery here in my country, but I cannot find any definitions of it, so I think that this term is being commonly misused in my country or can we use the word like that? And if you don't mind, could you let me know suitable words I can use for someone like the actress in the movie?
Thank you so much as usual.
Thank you so much as usual.
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)re/ noun 1. a state or feeling of great distress or discomfort of mind or body. "she went upstairs and cried in misery" synonyms: unhappiness, distress, wretchedness, suffering, anguish, anxiety, angst, torment, pain, grief, heartache, heartbreak, despair, despondency, dejection, depression, desolation, gloom, melancholy, melancholia, woe, sadness, sorrow; A common derogatory term here in the US is "Emo", an abbreviation for Emotional, or Emotionally Disturbed.
- )re/ noun 1.
- a state or feeling of great distress or discomfort of mind or body.
- "she went upstairs and cried in misery" synonyms: unhappiness, distress, wretchedness, suffering, anguish, anxiety, angst, torment, pain, grief, heartache, heartbreak, despair, despondency, dejection, depression, desolation, gloom, melancholy, melancholia, woe, sadness, sorrow; A common derogatory term here in the US is "Emo", an abbreviation for Emotional, or Emotionally Disturbed.
- Personally, I try to not use terms that might be unpleasant to those I apply them too.
- Of course, there is always a way to offend someone, even doing your best to avoid it.
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mis·er·y
'miz(?)re/
noun
1. a state or feeling of great distress or discomfort of mind or body.
"she went upstairs and cried in misery"
synonyms: unhappiness, distress, wretchedness, suffering, anguish, anxiety, angst, torment, pain, grief, heartache, heartbreak, despair, despondency, dejection, depression, desolation, gloom, melancholy, melancholia, woe, sadness, sorrow;
'miz(?)re/
noun
1. a state or feeling of great distress or discomfort of mind or body.
"she went upstairs and cried in misery"
synonyms: unhappiness, distress, wretchedness, suffering, anguish, anxiety, angst, torment, pain, grief, heartache, heartbreak, despair, despondency, dejection, depression, desolation, gloom, melancholy, melancholia, woe, sadness, sorrow;
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You mean the character in the movie, not the actress who plays her.
It was a book first, by the way.
I've never heard the word used that way. I think I'd just say "stalker."
It was a book first, by the way.
I've never heard the word used that way. I think I'd just say "stalker."
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Misery Chastain was the name of the lead character in the books written by Paul Sheldon that Annie Wilkes, a registered nurse, played by Kathy Bates in the movie Misery was such a fan of. Annie was not a stalker, but originally was acting the part of the Good Samaritan and rescued Mr. Sheldon from a near fatal auto accident. She discovered his most recent and as of yet unpublished novel in the ser
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