Misery and Success

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

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

Nearby Words: miserable, miser

Success noun - A person or thing that is successful.

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Misery and success are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Misery" instead a noun "Success".

complete	complete misery	complete success
considerable	considerable misery	considerable success
relative	relative misery	relative success
real	real misery	real success
Other adjectives: major, widespread, further, tremendous, eventual, greatest.

It may be overly simplistic to say something like "misery builds character," but the decisions most necessary for success- in goals you choose yourself, as well as those chosen for you- are seldom the easiest or the most pleasant.

Source: Misery Builds Character
For him, success is the only option, though that still usually results in him finding some way to benefit from Hitler's misery.

Source: Web Video / Hitler Rants
Several pros use Trash Talk for more success.Most often the game in cases of Lost Him in a Card Game.Inspired the trope name Misery Poker.

Source: Tabletop Game / Poker

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