Meanings
proverb
- Misery is easier to bear when one is not the only one miserable.
Tuvok: [It is curious] That my failure, added to your own, should improve your feelings.
1995, Chris Abbott, “State of Flux”, season 1 episode 11 of Star Trek: Voyager
Translations
Arabic البؤس يحبّ الصُحبة
- البؤس يحبّ الصُحبةmisery is easier when one is not the only one
Chinese Mandarin 同病相憐 /同病相怜
- 同病相憐 /同病相怜 (tóngbìngxiānglián)misery is easier when one is not the only one
Dutch gedeelde smart is halve smart
- gedeelde smart is halve smartmisery is easier when one is not the only one
Finnish kaksin aina kaunihimpi
- kaksin aina kaunihimpimisery is easier when one is not the only one
German geteiltes Leid ist halbes Leid
- geteiltes Leid ist halbes Leidmisery is easier when one is not the only one
Italian mal comune mezzo gaudio
- mal comune mezzo gaudiomisery is easier when one is not the only one
Japanese 同病相憐れむ
- 同病相憐れむ (dōbyō aiawaremu)misery is easier when one is not the only one
Latin solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris
- solamen miseris socios habuisse dolorismisery is easier when one is not the only one
Spanish nunca falta un roto para un descosido, mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos
- nunca falta un roto para un descosidomisery is easier when one is not the only one
- mal de muchos, consuelo de tontosmisery is easier when one is not the only one
- la miseria es mas fácil de conllevar cuando uno no es el únicomisery is easier when one is not the only one
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misery loves company. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misery%20loves%20company
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“misery loves company.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misery%20loves%20company. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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