The phrase "a source of misery" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that causes significant unhappiness or distress in a person's life or situation.
Example: "The constant noise from the construction site became a source of misery for the residents living nearby."
Alternatives: "a cause of suffering" or "a source of distress."
Similarly, at the start of the twentieth century Progressive politicians, decrying betting as a "source of misery and vice," shut down nearly every racetrack in the nation.
Indeed, its plans for London's Tube repeat the error.Only reconnectLondon Underground has long been a source of misery to the capital's residents.
There's a point in Proust's In Search of Lost Time when Marcel has decided that Albertine is nothing but a source of misery to him.
But the brutal truth is that I'm no longer married, and looking at them became a source of misery: totems of loss not love.
An Ancient Scourge Chlamydia trachomatis, the microorganism that causes trachoma, has been a source of misery for millennia, thriving in poor, crowded and unsanitary conditions.
It's a great notion, but incomplete — Sanders is clearly another, and a job that kept a muzzle on a mouth connected to that mind could only have been a source of misery.
Orthopedic injuries are common and a source of much misery and economic stress.
But for women with temporomandibular disorders (TMD), jaw pain — sometimes radiating to the ear, eyes, face, neck, and shoulders — can be a source of unrelenting misery.
If it was indeed a source of endless misery for Parker, he's got a good way of covering it up.
It seems worth asking, therefore, whether memories of two failed marriages are a useful source of grief for Mrs Alving, who reveals to the man she loves that her own marriage is a source of profound misery.
But there are plenty of good signs, notably in the euro area's biggest member, Germany, which for many years was a source of unremitting misery.Despite disappointing retail sales in October and weak wage growth, German consumer confidence is at a five-year high.
