States and conditions

Synonyms for misery

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 4, High CampStates and conditions

a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

The prisoners lived in constant misery and filth.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

wretchedness

Same sentence, swapped: The prisoners lived in constant wretchedness and filth.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for misery as it is used in the sentence above.

depression
anxiety
stitch

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Closest first: other states and conditions words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

servantnounhandmaidenin a subordinate positionHigh Camp sleepinessnoundrowsinessa very sleepy stateHigh Camp spuriousadjectiveinauthenticfalse or fakeHigh CampHas a reason line stormyadjectivetempestuouscharacterized by violent emotions or behaviorHigh Camp glorynounglorificationa state of high honorHigh Camp gratificationnounsatisfactionstate of being gratified or satisfiedRidgelineHas a reason line greenadjectiveimmaturenot fully developed or matureTreelineHas a reason line ceremonynounobservancea formal event performed on a special occasionHigh CampHas a reason line

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