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Meaning of 'miserable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Miserable [ a.]
- Very unhappy; wretched.
- Causing unhappiness or misery.
- Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner.
- Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
2 . Miserable [ n.]
- A miserable person.

Meaning of 'miserable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . miserable [ s]
Meaning (1):
- deserving or inciting pity
Example in sentence:
  • a hapless victim;
  • a pitiful fate;
  • a wretched life;
  • his poor distorted limbs;
  • miserable victims of war;
  • Oh, you poor thing;
  • piteous appeals for help;
  • pitiable homeless children;
  • the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
Meaning (2):
- of the most contemptible kind
Example in sentence:
  • a low stunt to pull;
  • a low-down sneak;
  • a scummy rabble;
  • a scurvy trick;
  • abject cowardice;
  • his miserable treatment of his family;
  • You miserable skunk!
Meaning (3):
- contemptibly small in amount
Example in sentence:
  • a measly tip;
  • a paltry wage;
  • almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans;
  • the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief
Meaning (4):
- very unhappy; full of misery
Example in sentence:
  • a message of hope for suffering humanity;
  • he felt depressed and miserable;
  • wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
Meaning (5):
- characterized by physical misery
Example in sentence:
  • a wet miserable weekend;
  • spent a wretched night on the floor
Meaning (6):
- of very poor quality or condition
Example in sentence:
  • deplorable housing conditions in the inner city;
  • woeful errors of judgment;
  • woeful treatment of the accused

Nearby Words:

mis mis- misacceptation misaccompt misadjust misadjustment misadventure misadventured misadventurous misadvertence

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