Plural of misery
regular plural
The plural of misery is miseries.
Forms of misery
| Singular | misery /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | miseries |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Miseries in a sentence
- By it alone we can pass through all these intricacies, through these showers of miseries, unscathed.1900 January 4, Swami Vivekananda, “Work and Its Secret”, in ramakrishnavivekananda.info. From the entry superdivine
- Saskatchewan Roughrider head coach Joe Faragalli thought a main reason for his team's miseries last season was a loosy-goosy attitude.1983 June 18, Marty York, “Why did Riley call Brock?”, in The Globe and Mail. From the entry loosy-goosy
- While the miseries of the pandemic multiplied, they sent me a photograph of a one-legged starling hanging around their bird-feeders that served as their “daily inspiration.”2020 May 28, Susan Gubar, “The Perseverance of André Watts”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry bird-feeder
- The first reason Powell gave to explain Carter's press miseries was the idea of "blood in the water"—that more bad press goes to those who have just had bad press.1983, Michael J. Robinson, Margaret A. Sheehan, Over the Wire and on TV. From the entry blood in the water
Meaning of misery
- noun Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
- noun A bodily ache or pain.
- noun Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
Questions about the plural of misery
- What is the plural of misery?
- The plural of misery is miseries.
- Is misery countable?
- Misery is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: misery (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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