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Misery vs Downer - What's the difference?

misery | downer |

As nouns the difference between misery and downer

is that misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe while downer is a negative drug trip.

misery

English

Noun

(miseries)
  • Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
    • Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face .
  • Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
  • (Extreme) poverty.
  • Greed; avarice.

    • Synonyms

    * see

    Derived terms

    * put out of one's misery

    Related terms

    * commiserate * miser * miserable

    downer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A negative drug trip.
    • Normally those pills give me a boost, but last night they gave me a downer
  • A drug that has depressant qualities.
  • Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy
  • * 2009 , (Spike Jonze),
    • You don't really need to know me. I'm kind of a downer .

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