- Arabic: شَقَاوَة (šaqāwa), تَعَاسَة (taʕāsa)
- Assamese: বিলৈ (biloi), দুৰ্দশা (durdoxa)
- Azerbaijani: qada, bəla (az), dərd (az), müsibət (az), fəlakət (az)
- Belarusian: няшча́сце f (njaščáscje), бяда́ (be) f (bjadá), го́ра (be) n (hóra)
- Bulgarian: неща́стие (bg) n (neštástie), страда́ние (bg) n (stradánie)
- Catalan: misèria (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 苦難/苦难 (zh) (kǔnàn), 痛苦 (zh) (tòngkǔ), 悲慘/悲惨 (zh) (bēicǎn), 不幸 (zh) (bùxìng), 苦痛 (zh) (kǔtòng)
- Czech: neštěstí (cs) n, bída (cs) f, hoře (cs) n (archaic)
- Danish: elendighed c
- Dutch: ellende (nl) f
- Early Assamese: বিলাই (bilai)
- Esperanto: mizero (eo)
- Finnish: kärsimys (fi), surkeus (fi), kurjuus (fi), kurjuus (fi), surkeus (fi)
- French: misère (fr) f
- Galician: laceira (gl) f, miseria f
- Georgian: უბედურება (ubedureba), წვალება (c̣valeba), წამება (c̣ameba), ტანჯვა (ṭanǯva), გასაჭირი (gasač̣iri), გაჭირვება (gač̣irveba)
- German: Misere (de) f, Elend (de) n
- Greek: αθλιότης f (athliótis)
- Ancient: πῆμα n (pêma) (Epic)
- Guaraní: tekoasy
- Haitian Creole: mizè
- Hausa: uƙuba
- Hebrew: אומללות f (umlalút)
- Ido: mizero (io)
- Irish: aimléis f, galar (ga) m
- Italian: miseria (it) f
- Japanese: 悲惨 (ja) (ひさん, hisan), 苦痛 (ja) (くつう, kutsū), 惨めさ (ja) (みじめさ, mijimesa)
- Ladino: mizerya f
- Latin: miseria f
- Luxembourgish: Misär m
- Macedonian: несреќа f (nesreḱa)
- Malayalam: ദുരിതം (ml) (duritaṁ)
- Maori: kōtonga
- Ottoman Turkish: شقا (şaka)
- Plautdietsch: Älent n, Jauma n
- Polish: nieszczęście (pl) n, męka (pl) f
- Portuguese: miséria (pt)
- Romanian: mizerie (ro) f
- Russian: несча́стье (ru) n (nesčástʹje), го́ре (ru) n (góre), му́ка (ru) f (múka), страда́ние (ru) n (stradánije), беда́ (ru) f (bedá)
- Sanskrit: दुःख (sa) n (duḥkha)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ја̏д m, бе́да f, бије́да f
- Roman: jȁd (sh) m, béda (sh) f, bijéda (sh) f
- Slovak: nešťastie n, bieda f
- Slovene: beda f, nesreča (sl) f
- Spanish: miseria (es) f, sinvivir
- Swedish: misär (sv) c, elände (sv) n
- Ukrainian: неща́стя (uk) n (neščástja), біда́ (uk) f (bidá), го́ре n (hóre)
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