Definitions for miserable
ˈmɪz ər ə bəl, ˈmɪz rə-mis·er·able

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. miserable, suffering, wretchedadjective

   very unhappy; full of misery

   "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

2. hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretchedadjective

   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. abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvyadjective

   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. deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretchedadjective

   of very poor quality or condition

   "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

5. miserable, wretchedadjective

   characterized by physical misery

   "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"

6. measly, miserable, paltryadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. miserableadjective

   In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.

2. miserableadjective

   Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent.

   He's O.K. at some sports, like tennis, but he's just miserable at football.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Miserableadjective

   Etymology: miserable, French; miser, Latin.

   1. Unhappy; calamitous; wretched.

   O nation miserable,
   With an untitled tyrant, bloody scepter’d!
   When shalt thou see thy wholesome days again? William Shakespeare.

   Most miserable is the desire that’s glorious. William Shakespeare.

   What’s more miserable than discontent? William Shakespeare.

   It is probable that there will be a future state, and then how miserable is the voluptuous unbeliever left in the lurch. Robert South, Sermons.

   What hopes delude thee, miserable man? John Dryden, Æn.

   2. Wretched; worthless.

   Miserable comforters are ye all. Job xvi. 2.

   3. Culpably parsimonious; stingy.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Miserable

   Miserable is a song by the American rock band Lit. It is the third single released in April 2000 from Lit's second album, A Place in the Sun.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. miserable

   Miserable is an adjective referring to a state of deep distress, unhappiness, or discomfort. This term may describe living or working conditions, a state of health, a mood, or the quality of something. It expresses a very high degree of negativity and dissatisfaction.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Miserableadjective

   very unhappy; wretched

2. Miserableadjective

   causing unhappiness or misery

3. Miserableadjective

   worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner

4. Miserableadjective

   avaricious; niggardly; miserly

5. Miserablenoun

   a miserable person

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Miserable

   "Miserable" is a song from Lit's album A Place in the Sun. It was the third single released from the album. It also had an accompanying music video directed by Evan Bernard, produced by Keeley Gould, in which the band is portrayed performing the song on and around a huge Pamela Anderson, who wears a white bikini and platform shoes. The video ends with Pamela chasing down and devouring the band members one by one. She starts by eating one member who was standing on her lips. When the band begins to run she chases after them and grabs one member and eats him alive. Pamela then sneaks up behind a third band member who is hiding from her and slurps him up. She then chews him up and spits out his shoe. Finally only the lead singer is left who the giantess picks up tosses into her mouth and swallows him alive. With all the band members eaten the giantess walks away as the video ends

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Miserable

   miz′ėr-a-bl, adj. wretched, exceedingly unhappy: causing misery: very poor or mean: worthless: despicable: barren.—n. Mis′erableness.—adv. Mis′erably. [Fr.,—L. miserabilis—miser.]

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'miserable' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4727

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'miserable' in Adjectives Frequency: #918

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How to pronounce miserable?

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How to say miserable in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of miserable in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of miserable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of miserable in a Sentence

1. Agatha Christie:

   I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable ... but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

2. Kim Kye Gwan:

   It is absolutely absurd to dare compare (North Korea), a nuclear weapon state, to Libya which had been at the initial stage of nuclear development, (The) world knows too well that our country is neither Libya nor Iraq which have met miserable fate.

3. John Stuart Mill:

   A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

4. Kurt Brunner:

   I'm hoping companies will say 'OK, we've had a miserable first quarter but things are improving,'.

5. William James:

   There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=miserable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Miserable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=miserable
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miserable
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miserable
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=miserable
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=miserable
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=miserable