Associations to the word «Miserable»
Noun
- Groan
- Hut
- Vagabond
- Consolation
- Remorse
- Mean
- Tenement
- Sufferer
- Amanda
- Garret
- Pretence
- Cowardice
- Misfortune
- Broadway
- Lodging
- Folly
- Captive
- Dripping
- Quixote
- Creep
- Felicity
- Superstar
- Vanity
- Suffering
- Peasantry
- Pallet
- Cruelty
- Disgrace
- Culprit
- Repentance
- Shack
- Anguish
- Existence
- Servitude
- Tyranny
- Bondage
- Alms
- Ignorant
- Wickedness
- Calamity
- Reverse
- Conceit
- Reproach
- Mockery
- Agony
- Sobbing
- Entreaty
Adjective
Adverb
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".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.