Word · British life & culture
misery-softening
verb
/miz-er-ee-soft-en-ing/
Definition
Diluting obvious suffering with traditional British understatement.
In use
“Even after the car broke down, he kept misery-softening.”
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Language
- Language form
- verb
- Pronunciation
- /miz-er-ee-soft-en-ing/
Classification
- Life domain
- People & society
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