Crossword Genius

Misery praised wrongly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

despair

'misery' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'praised wrongly' is the wordplay.
'wrongly' indicates an anagram.
'praised' with letters rearranged gives 'DESPAIR'.

(Other definitions for despair that I've seen before include "Complete loss of hope" , "The feeling that nothing will turn out well" , "sort of counsel?" , "Praised (anag) - lose hope" , "An unhappy state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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