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  • 1make someone's life a misery — make someone’s life a misery phrase to cause someone to suffer or be unhappy for a long period He had harassed her and made her life a misery. Thesaurus: to cause problems for someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: misery * * * make someone s… …

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  • 2make someone's life a misery — to cause someone to suffer or be unhappy for a long period He had harassed her and made her life a misery …

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  • 3make somebody's life a misery — make sb s life a ˈmisery idiom to behave in a way that makes sb else feel very unhappy Main entry: ↑miseryidiom …

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  • 4made his life a misery — embittered his life, made his life a living hell …

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  • 5misery — [[t]mɪ̱zəri[/t]] miseries 1) N VAR Misery is great unhappiness. All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy. ...the miseries of his youth. 2) N UNCOUNT Misery is the way of life and unpleasant living conditions of people who …

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  • 6misery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ abject, great, real, sheer, untold ▪ This phobia can cause untold misery for the sufferer. ▪ complete ▪ …

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  • 7misery — mis|er|y [ mızəri ] noun ** uncount the state of being extremely unhappy or uncomfortable: The heatwave brought traffic misery to thousands. Our people have suffered untold hardship and misery. in misery: Children were living in misery, without… …

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  • 8misery — mis|e|ry S3 [ˈmızəri] n plural miseries [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: miserie, from Latin miseria, from miser; MISER] 1.) [U and C] great suffering that is caused for example by being very poor or very sick ▪ What we are witnessing here …

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  • 9misery */*/ — UK [ˈmɪzərɪ] / US noun Word forms misery : singular misery plural miseries 1) a) [uncountable] the state of being extremely unhappy or uncomfortable Our people have suffered untold hardship and misery. The heatwave brought traffic misery to… …

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  • 10misery — [ˈmɪzəri] noun [U] the state of being extremely unhappy or uncomfortable • make sb s life a misery British to cause someone to suffer or be unhappy for a long period[/ex] put sth out of its misery to end the life of an animal that is… …

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