"misery loves company" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [],
  "etymology_text": "From misery, to love and company.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "misery loves company",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Chris Abbott, “State of Flux”, season 1 episode 11 of Star Trek: Voyager",
          "roman": "Chakotay: Misery loves company, Tuvok.",
          "text": "Tuvok: [It is curious] That my failure, added to your own, should improve your feelings."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misery is easier to bear when one is not the only one miserable."
      ],
      "id": "en-misery_loves_company-en-proverb-r7H6zU~D",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "commiserate"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
          "word": "البؤس يحبّ الصُحبة"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
          "word": "同病相憐"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tóngbìngxiānglián",
          "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
          "word": "同病相怜"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
          "word": "ellende houdt van gezelschap"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
          "word": "kaksin aina kaunihimpi"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
          "word": "mal de moitos, consolo de todos"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
          "word": "mal comune mezzo gaudio"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dōbyō aiawaremu",
          "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
          "word": "同病相憐れむ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "english": "it is a comfort to the wretched to have companions in misery",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
          "word": "solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
          "word": "trìvulu 'n cumuni e menzu javiu"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
          "word": "nunca falta un roto para un descosido"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
          "word": "mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
          "word": "la miseria es mas facil de conllevar cuando uno no es el unico"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹɪ lʌvz ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹi lʌvz ˈkʌmpəni/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "misery loves company"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [],
  "etymology_text": "From misery, to love and company.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "misery loves company",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "commiserate"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English proverbs",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, Chris Abbott, “State of Flux”, season 1 episode 11 of Star Trek: Voyager",
          "roman": "Chakotay: Misery loves company, Tuvok.",
          "text": "Tuvok: [It is curious] That my failure, added to your own, should improve your feelings."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misery is easier to bear when one is not the only one miserable."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹɪ lʌvz ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹi lʌvz ˈkʌmpəni/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
      "word": "البؤس يحبّ الصُحبة"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
      "word": "同病相憐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóngbìngxiānglián",
      "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
      "word": "同病相怜"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
      "word": "ellende houdt van gezelschap"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
      "word": "kaksin aina kaunihimpi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
      "word": "mal de moitos, consolo de todos"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
      "word": "mal comune mezzo gaudio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōbyō aiawaremu",
      "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
      "word": "同病相憐れむ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "english": "it is a comfort to the wretched to have companions in misery",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
      "word": "solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
      "word": "trìvulu 'n cumuni e menzu javiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
      "word": "nunca falta un roto para un descosido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
      "word": "mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "misery is easier when one is not the only one",
      "word": "la miseria es mas facil de conllevar cuando uno no es el unico"
    }
  ],
  "word": "misery loves company"
}