Definition of miseries:
(n) :
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
(n) :
Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
(n) :
(US and UK, dialects) A bodily ache or pain.
(n) :
(Extreme) poverty.
(n) :
(archaic) greed; avarice.
(n) :
(derogatory, slang, humorous) Derogatory name for Missouri: a state of the United States.