From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmake somebody’s life a miserymake somebody’s life a miseryBritish EnglishPROBLEM to cause so much trouble for someone that they cannot enjoy their life Competitive mothers can make their daughters’ lives a misery. → misery
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make somebody’s life a misery• The roadworks are making their lives a misery.• Circuit judge John Lee, 65, told a court that all men suffer because women enjoy making their lives a misery.• My supervisor has made my life a misery.• It makes my life a misery.• Why did they have to make his life a misery?• She really was making his life a misery.• In Dinny's code, if you beat some one in a fight you made their life misery for as long as possible. 