The spatial arrangement of performers and props for a semistaged play, opera, oratorio, etc.

plural of mise en abyme

layout (process, and result, of arranging media content for publishing)

plural of mise en scène

plural of mise en espace

plural of mise-en-scene

In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor. / Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent; hopeless. / Of the weather, extremely unpleasant due to being cold, wet, overcast, etc.

A miserable person; a wretch. / (informal, in the plural, with definite article) A state of misery or melancholy.

Like a miser, very cautious with money.

Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. / (US and UK, dialects) A bodily ache or pain. / Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. / (Extreme) poverty.