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Miserable Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Miserable? [adj] contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans" [adj] characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor" [adj] of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" [adj] deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" [adj] very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [adj] of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Miserable: abject \| contemptible \| deplorable \| execrable \| hapless \| inferior \| low \| low-down \| meager \| meagerly \| meagre \| measly \| misfortunate \| paltry \| pathetic \| piteous \| pitiable \| pitiful \| poor \| scummy \| scurvy \| suffering \| uncomfortable \| unfortunate \| unhappy \| woeful \| wretched Related Terms \| Find terms related to Miserable: abject \| abominable \| adverse \| afflicted \| antagonistic \| arrant \| atrocious \| awful \| bad \| base \| beggarly \| beneath contempt \| cheap \| cheerless \| cheesy \| common \| conflicting \| contemptible \| contrary \| counter \| counteractive \| crummy \| crushed \| cut up \| debased \| deep-troubled \| degraded \| dejected \| deplorable \| depraved \| depressed \| desolate \| despairing \| desperate \| despicable \| despondent \| detrimental \| difficult \| dirty \| disconsolate \| discontented \| disgraceful \| disgusting \| dismal \| doleful \| dolorous \| downhearted \| execrable \| flagrant \| forlorn \| foul \| fulsome \| gaudy \| gimcracky \| gloomy \| glum \| grave \| grim \| gross \| hard \| harmful \| heartbroken \| heartsick \| heart-stricken \| heart-struck \| heinous \| hopeless \| hostile \| humorless \| in bad humor \| in opposition \| inadequate \| inclement \| inconvenient \| infestive \| inimical \| joyless \| lachrymose \| lamentable \| little \| lousy \| low \| low-down \| low-spirited \| lumpen \| mangy \| mean \| measly \| melancholy \| meretricious \| mirthless \| monstrous \| mournful \| nefarious \| not easy \| obnoxious \| odious \| opposed \| opposing \| opposite \| out of humor \| out of sorts \| paltry \| pathetic \| petty \| piteous \| pitiable \| pitiful \| pleasureless \| poky \| poor \| rank \| reptilian \| rigorous \| rotten \| rubbishy \| rueful \| ruthful \| sad \| scabby \| scrubby \| scruffy \| scummy \| scurvy \| scuzzy \| shabby \| shameful \| shoddy \| sinister \| small \| sorrowful \| sorry \| sorryish \| squalid \| stressful \| stricken \| suicidal \| tearful \| terrible \| trashy \| troublesome \| troublous \| trumpery \| trying \| two-for-a-cent \| two-for-a-penny \| twopenny \| twopenny-halfpenny \| uncheerful \| uncheery \| unfavorable \| unhappy \| unjoyful \| unmentionable \| unmirthful \| unpleasant \| unsmiling \| untoward \| unworthy \| valueless \| vile \| woebegone \| woeful \| worthless \| wretched See Also \| Miserable In Webster's Dictionary \Mis"erable\, a. [F. mis['e]rable, L. miserabilis, fr. miserari to lament, pity, fr. miser wretched. See {Miser}.] 1. Very unhappy; wretched. What hopes delude thee, miserable man? --Dryden. 2. Causing unhappiness or misery. What 's more miserable than discontent? --Shak. 3. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner. Miserable comforters are ye all. --Job xvi. 2. 4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obs.] --Hooker. Syn: Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched. \Mis"erable\, n. A miserable person. [Obs.] --Sterne.

Miserable Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Miserable?

[adj] contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
[adj] characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"
[adj] of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"
[adj] deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
[adj] very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
[adj] of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

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Miserable In Webster's Dictionary

\Mis"er*a*ble\, a. [F. mis['e]rable, L. miserabilis,
fr. miserari to lament, pity, fr. miser wretched. See
{Miser}.]
1. Very unhappy; wretched.

         What hopes delude thee, miserable man? --Dryden.

2. Causing unhappiness or misery.

         What 's more miserable than discontent? --Shak.

3. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a
   miserable dinner.

         Miserable comforters are ye all.      --Job xvi. 2.

4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obs.] --Hooker.

Syn: Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched.


\Mis"er*a*ble\, n.
A miserable person. [Obs.] --Sterne.

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