Associations to the word «Miserable»

Wiktionary

MISERABLE, adjective. In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
MISERABLE, adjective. Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent.
MISERABLE, adjective. Wretched; worthless; mean.
MISERABLE, adjective. (obsolete) Causing unhappiness or misery.
MISERABLE, adjective. (obsolete) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.

Dictionary definition

MISERABLE, adjective. Very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages".
MISERABLE, adjective. 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".
MISERABLE, adjective. 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".
MISERABLE, adjective. Of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment".
MISERABLE, adjective. Characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor".
MISERABLE, adjective. 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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