Collocations for misery - noun

abject, deep, extreme, great, real, sheer, untold
This phobia can cause untold misery for the sufferer.

complete
Her misery was made complete when she was separated from her children.

personal | human | economic
the country''s economic misery

be full of, be wrapped (up) in, endure, feel, live in, sink into, suffer
He was too wrapped in misery to reply. | I sank deeper into my misery. | men who suffer the misery of unemployment

bring (sb), cause (sb), create
The money brought him nothing but misery.

add to, heap, prolong
War has now added to the misery of these starving people. | The giant-killers heaped more misery on the home team.

alleviate, ease, relieve
ways to alleviate human misery

put sb/sth out of
In the end we asked the vet to put the poor creature out of its misery (= kill it humanely). | (humorous) Oh, put her out of her misery - tell her who won.

spare sb
At least we were spared the misery of having to do it all again.

forget

~ of
the sheer misery of homelessness

a feeling of misery, make sb''s life a misery
His constant criticism made her life a misery.