Failure and Misery

Failure

Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Misery and failure are semantically related in misfortune topic. In some cases you can use "Misery" instead a noun "Failure".

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

Misery noun - A situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness.

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Failure and misery are semantically related in misfortune topic. Sometimes you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Misery".

Nearby Words: miserable, miser

complete	complete failure	complete misery
relative	relative failure	relative misery
obvious	obvious failure	obvious misery
real	real failure	real misery
Other adjectives: constant, abject, absolute, personal, hilarious, subsequent, eventual, greatest.

Spider-Man unfortunately was thrown headlong into this trope after the events of One More Day took away his only consolation prize for his life of misery and failure.

Source: Failure Hero
In Kung Fu Hustle, a street bum sells Sing an overpriced kung fu manual in a flashback, which sees our protagonist down the road of misery and failure.

Source: The Presents Were Never from Santa
None of this ever seems to help them avoid their usual formulaic failure and misery, though.

Source: Anime / Yatterman

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