noun (n)

• a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune(noun.state)

  Example:
  The misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable.
  

  Synonym:
  miserableness, wretchedness
  

  source: wordnet30
• a feeling of intense unhappiness(noun.feeling)

  Example:
  She was exhausted by her misery and grief.
  

  source: wordnet30
• Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.(noun)

  source: webster1913