Misery and Sad

Misery

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

Sad and misery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sad" instead a noun "Misery".

Nearby Words: miserable, miser

Sad

Sad adjective - Feeling unhappiness.

Misery and sad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Misery" instead a noun "Sad".

Nearby Words: sadness, sadly

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  • Creator / Doug Walker Sad Clown: He's a big believer in the "all comedy is based on misery" style of humor, to the point where he argues that he hasn't even seen any comedy that didn't have a misery element to it.
  • Sad Clown: hints at this in his brief off-the-cuff rap, saying that it's his job to make jokes about the misery and the absurdity to make it better.
  • Mercy Kill When Yakko sadly explains that they have to put the dog out of his misery, Wakko seems sad for a moment, and then (Once Wakko has been given a puppy to replace Old Screamer), to the comedian's horror, cheerfully pulls out a Hyperspace Mallet to do the job...
    Source: Mercy Kill
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