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   miserable

   /ˈmɪz(ə)rəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable: "their happiness made Anne feel even more miserable" Similar unhappysadsorrowfuldejecteddepresseddowncastdownhearteddowndespondentdespairingdisconsolateout of sortsdesolatebowed downwretchedglumgloomydismalbluemelancholymelancholiclow-spiritedmournfulwoefulwoebegonedolefulforlorncrestfallenbroken-heartedheartbrokeninconsolablelucklessgrief-strickeninformal:down in the mouthdown in the dumpsOpposite happycontented
   • ▪ causing unhappiness or discomfort: "horribly wet and miserable conditions" Similar drearydismaldarkgloomydrabsombrewretcheddepressinggrimcheerlessgodforsakenbleakdesolatejoylessuninvitingdiscouragingdishearteningunpromisinghopelessdirepathetictragicdistressinggrievousmeanpoorshabbysqualidfilthyfoulsordidseedydilapidatedunpleasantdisagreeabledispleasingdepressinguncomfortablewetrainystormyinformal:rottenOpposite luxuriousgloriouslovely
   • ▪ (of a person) habitually morose: "a miserable man in his late sixties" Similar grumpysullensulkygloomybad-temperedill-temperedin a bad mooddoursurlysourglummoodyunsmilinghumourlessuncommunicativetaciturnunresponsiveunsociablescowlinggloweringill-humouredsombresobersaturninepessimisticlugubriousdismalirritablechurlishcantankerouscrotchetycrosscrabbedcrabbygrouchytestysnappishpeevishcrustywaspishinformal:mardyinformal, dated:mumpishOpposite cheerfulgood-natured
   • ▪ contemptible (used as a term of abuse or for emphasis): "you miserable old creep!" Similar wretchedcontemptibledespicableconfoundedinformal:blitheringflamingfootlinginfernaldamnedcursedaccursed
   • 2. pitiably small or inadequate: "all they pay me is a miserable £8,000 a year" Similar inadequatemeagrescantyscantpaltrylimitedrestrictedinsufficientdeficientnegligibleinsubstantialskimpyshortlittleleansmallslightslenderpoorlamentablepitifulpunyniggardlybeggarlyinformal:measlystingylousypatheticpiddlingrare:exiguousOpposite generousadequate
   • ▪ miserly: Australian, New Zealand, Scottish "a lousy dollar a day—could any government be more miserable?"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French misérable, from Latin miserabilis ‘pitiable’, from miserari ‘to pity’, from miser ‘wretched’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. miserableness noun

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