misery

As a noun misery

is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

As a proper noun death is

the personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Scourge is a related term of misery.

As nouns the difference between scourge and misery

is that scourge is (uncountable) a source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction while misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

As a verb scourge

is to strike with a scourge , to flog.

As nouns the difference between misery and dismay

is that misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe while dismay is a sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.

As a verb dismay is

to disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive of firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.

Hurt is a synonym of misery.

As nouns the difference between hurt and misery

is that hurt is an emotional or psychological hurt (humiliation or bad experience) while misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

As a verb hurt

is to be painful.

As an adjective hurt

is wounded, physically injured.

As nouns the difference between misery and disaster

is that misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe while disaster is an unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.

Misery is a synonym of privation.

As nouns the difference between misery and privation

is that misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe while privation is (philosophy) the state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.

As nouns the difference between stress and misery

is that stress is the internal distribution of force per unit area (pressure) within a body reacting to applied forces which causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ while misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

As a verb stress

is to apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.

Annoyance is a related term of misery.

As nouns the difference between annoyance and misery

is that annoyance is (countable) that which annoys while misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

Atrocity is a related term of misery.

As nouns the difference between atrocity and misery

is that atrocity is (uncountable) the quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty while misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

Crime is a related term of misery.

As nouns the difference between crime and misery

is that crime is (countable) a specific act committed in violation of the law while misery is great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

As a verb crime

is to commit (s).