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1. (adj.) miserable
wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable:
a miserable beggar.
2. miserable
contemptible:
a miserable villain.
3. miserable
attended with or causing misery:
a miserable existence.
4. miserable
manifesting misery.
5. miserable
worthy of pity:
a miserable failure.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L miserābilis=miserā(rī) to pity (der. of miser wretched) +-bilis -ble)
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1. (adj) miserable, suffering, wretched
very unhappy; full of misery
"he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
2. (adj) hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
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"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
3. (adj) abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy
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"
4. (adj) deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched
of very poor quality or condition
"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
5. (adj) miserable, wretched
characterized by physical misery
"a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"
6. (adj) measly, miserable, paltry
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"
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1. (adjective) miserable
very unhappy
She's been miserable since her friend moved away.; The children were cold and miserable.
2. miserable
making you feel very unhappy
miserable weather; He looked at us miserably.; a miserably wet day
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) miserable
very unhappy; wretched
2. (adj) miserable
causing unhappiness or misery
3. (adj) miserable
worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner
4. (adj) miserable
avaricious; niggardly; miserly
5. (noun) miserable
a miserable person
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Sense: very unhappy; She's been miserable since he went away.
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 Afrikaans: ellendig |
 Arabic: بائِس |
 Bulgarian: нещастен |
 Brazilian: infeliz |
 Czech: nešťastný |
 German: unglücklich |
 Danish: ulykkelig |
 Greek: δυστυχισμένος |
 Spanish: abatido, triste, deprimid |
 Estonian: õnnetu |
 Farsi: بد بخت |
 Finnish: onneton |
 French: (très) malheureux |
 Hebrew: אוּמלָל |
 Hindi: दुखी |
 Croatian: nesretan |
 Hungarian: boldogtalan; siralmas; ny |
 Indonesian: sedih |
 Icelandic: vansæll |
 Italian: infelice |
 Japanese: みじめな |
 Korean: 비참한 |
 Lithuanian: labai nelaimingas |
 Latvian: nelaimīgs |
 Malay: sedih |
 Dutch: doep ongelukkig |
 Norwegian: elendig, bedrøvelig |
 Polish: nieszczęśliwy |
 Persian: بى نوا، بد بخت |
 Pashto: بد مرغه او بى چاره |
 Portuguese: infeliz |
 Romanian: (foarte) nefericit |
 Russian: несчастный |
 Slovak: nešťastný |
 Slovenian: nesrečen |
 Serbian: nesrećan |
 Swedish: olycklig, förtvivlad |
 Thai: เป็นทุกข์ |
 Turkish: çok mutsuz |
 Taiwanese: 難過的 |
 Ukrainian: нещасний, бідолашний |
 Urdu: بے چارہ |
 Vietnamese: bất hạnh |
 Chinese: 痛苦的 |
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