miserable

[MisĀ·er*a*ble]

A miserable person.

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Very unhappy; wretched.

Adjective S.
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"

Adjective S.
characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"

Adjective S.
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"

Adjective S.
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 d

Adjective S.
very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

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Adjective S.
of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"


a.
Very unhappy; wretched.

a.
Causing unhappiness or misery.

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

a.
Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.

n.
A miserable person.


Miserable

Mis"er*a*ble , a. [F. mis'82rable, L. miserabilis, fr. miserari to lament, pity, fr. miser wretched. See Miser.] 1. Very unhappy; wretched.
What hopes delude thee, miserable man?
2. Causing unhappiness or misery.
What 's more miserable than discontent?
3. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner.
Miserable comforters are ye all.
4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obs.] Hooker. Syn. -- Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched.

Miserable

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

Very unhappy; wretched.

A miserable person.

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Usage Examples

I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at 40 or 50. If you're in good health, you can enjoy things into your 80s.

Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.

At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable.

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them.

I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up.

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Other Usage Examples

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.

I didn't think marriage worked. I thought everybody who was married was secretly miserable - that it was something they just put up with for their children.

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

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?

Everyone in L.A. is very positive and upbeat, whereas London can get quite miserable at times.

I always say I'd rather be miserable by myself than unhappy in a relationship.

But I'm not like sad, depressed miserable person. I guess sometimes I give off that impression.

Even if you're unhappy, just pretend that you're happy. Eventually, your smile will be contagious to yourself. I had to learn that. I used to think, 'I'm being fake,' but you know what? Better to be fake and happy than real and miserable.

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