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misery enjoys company

misery enjoys company is the alternative form of misery loves company.

Meaning of misery loves company

Proverb

misery loves company

  1. Misery is easier to bear when one is not the only one miserable.
    • Tuvok: [It is curious] That my failure, added to your own, should improve your feelings.1995, Chris Abbott, “State of Flux”, season 1 episode 11 of Star Trek: Voyager

Questions about misery enjoys company

What is misery enjoys company the alternative form of?
Misery enjoys company is the alternative form of misery loves company.

Words near misery enjoys company in the dictionary

  1. miserliness
  2. miserlinesses
  3. miserly
  4. misers
  5. misery
  6. misery enjoys company
  7. misery guts
  8. misery index
  9. misery indexes
  10. misery indices
  11. misery lit

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