In order to know the meaning of the term misery, it is necessary, first of all, to discover its etymological origin. In this case, we can emphasize that it derives from Latin, exactly from the word "misery", which can be translated as "misfortune" or "misfortune". A word that was formed from the sum of these two lexical components:
-The adjective "miser", which is equivalent to "unfortunate".
-The suffix "-ia", which is used to indicate "quality."
The idea of misery refers to very accentuated poverty . Whoever lives in misery, therefore, suffers all kinds of deprivations and hardships .
For example: "Getting people out of misery should be the main objective of this government" , "I grew up in misery but, thanks to study and effort, I managed to progress" , "On my trip to Africa I saw a lot of misery" .
Poverty implies not having the necessary resources to satisfy basic material needs . In other words: people who are in poverty do not have money to buy food, medicine, etc. They also do not have the possibility of accessing education and health services, to name two other drawbacks.
A slum , on the other hand, is a neighborhood with significant infrastructure problems. Known as favelas or shacks in some regions, in these areas there are precarious houses that usually lack sewers, natural gas and electricity.
In the same way, we cannot ignore the existence of what is known as human misery. This term is used to refer to a person or people who manifest a clear lack of values, affection and even charity towards others.
Precisely one of the best-known novels by the American writer Stephen King (1947) is "Misery", which can be translated as "Misery". It was published in 1987 and is part of the horror genre. It tells the story of a writer who suffers a car accident and is curiously rescued from it by one of his fans. This will take care of him at first and it seems that it is all generosity. However, little by little, his intentions will be demonstrated: he will retain him and mistreat him until he returns to write a new novel in the series he decided to conclude.
Misery, furthermore, is the condition of one who is miserable : base or abject ; or, in another context, miserly: "In his attitudes you can see the misery that floods his soul," "I couldn't live with someone who embraces misery like him," "Leave misery aside and buy the little one a toy."
Among the many words that can function as synonyms for misery, taking into account the two meanings that it has, some stand out such as indigence , misfortune, misfortune, scarcity, lack, meanness, meanness or even greed. On the contrary, its antonyms include other words such as fortune, generosity or fortune, for example.
An insignificant amount or figure , finally, is also called a pittance in colloquial language : "I'm going to quit my job because they pay me a pittance," "The State allocates a pittance to campaigns against gender violence," "I sold my motorcycle for a pittance, but I needed to get some money urgently .