Translation of "misère" to English

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Dictionary translations for "misère"

la misère f noun

pl. misères

misery [ˈmɪzərɪ] (situation)

La famille vivait dans une misère profonde.

The family lived in the depths of misery.

distress [dɪsˈtres] (pauvreté)

Phrases with "misère" (3)

arracher à la misère - rescue from poverty
crier misère - bewail
être dans la misère - be destitute

Contexts with "misère"

La famille vivait dans une misère profonde. The family lived in the depths of misery.

La misère lui a appris à se débrouiller seul. Poverty had taught him to stand on his own feet.

Du pinacle du bonheur, elle a sombré dans les abysses de la misère. She was dropped from the height of happiness into the depth of misery.

Le tourisme noir consiste à prendre son pied de la pauvreté et de la misère du monde. Dark tourism consists in getting kicks from the world's poverty and misery.

S'ils prétendent nous faire fléchir en nous frappant, ils se trompent. Honte aux timides qui ont peur! Honte surtout aux lâches qui exploitent nos misères. If they hope to make us yield by hitting us, they're wrong. Shame on the timid who are afraid! But more shame on the cowards who profit from our misery.

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