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单词 miserableness
释义

miserable

adjective

mis·​er·​a·​ble
ˈmi-zər-bəl,
ˈmiz-rə-,
ˈmi-zə-rə- How to pronounce miserable (audio)
1
: being in a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness (as from want or shame)
miserable refugees
2
a
: wretchedly inadequate or meager (see meager sense 2)
a miserable hovel
b
: causing extreme discomfort or unhappiness
a miserable situation
miserable weather
his miserable childhood
3
: being likely to discredit or shame
his miserable neglect of his wife
had a miserable, snide contempt for our countryJoyce Winslow
miserable noun
miserableness noun
miserably
ˈmi-zər-blē
ˈmiz-rə-
ˈmi-zə-rə- How to pronounce miserable (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • black
  • bleak
  • cheerless
  • chill
  • Cimmerian
  • cloudy
  • cold
  • comfortless
  • dark
  • darkening
  • depressing
  • depressive
  • desolate
  • dire
  • disconsolate
  • dismal
  • drear
  • dreary
  • dreich [chiefly Scottish]
  • elegiac
  • elegiacal
  • forlorn
  • funereal
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • godforsaken
  • gray
  • grey
  • lonely
  • lonesome
  • lugubrious
  • morbid
  • morose
  • murky
  • plutonian
  • saturnine
  • sepulchral
  • solemn
  • somber
  • sombre
  • sullen
  • sunless
  • tenebrific
  • tenebrous
  • wretched
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Example Sentences

He had a miserable childhood. My boss is making my life thoroughly miserable with her constant demands and criticism. He felt lonely and miserable after his divorce. I've had a miserable cold for the past week. He lived in a miserable little shack.
Recent Examples on the Web This comes as the South is struggling with a deadly ice storm that made road conditions miserable this week, claiming the lives of at least eight people in two states. Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023 In this new tale, a woman lives for absolute revenge against the school bullies who made her childhood miserable. Jacob Siegal, BGR, 2 Jan. 2023 Dan Quinn’s unit produced four second-half turnovers and made life miserable for Matt Ryan once the Colts pulled within 21-19. Dallas News, 4 Dec. 2022 Unions say the system has created miserable working conditions. Peter Eavis, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022 Migraine Relief Migraines can be absolutely miserable to deal with. Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023 The Lakers are still sub-. 500 after a miserable start to the season. Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022 The finale ends with both looking pretty miserable. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2022 Having to work all day and party with colleagues all night sounds pretty miserable. Roxane Gay, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin miserabilis wretched, pitiable, from miserari to pity, from miser

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

miserable

adjective
mis·​er·​a·​ble ˈmiz-ər-bəl How to pronounce miserable (audio)
ˈmiz-(ə-)rə-bəl
1
a
: shabby in condition or quality
a miserable place to live
b
: causing great discomfort or unhappiness
a miserable cold
2
: extremely poor or unhappy : wretched
3
: pitiful sense 1, lamentable
miserableness noun
miserably
-blē How to pronounce miserable (audio)
adverb

miserableness

noun

as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits a novel that uses bleak lanugage and harsh descriptions of the landscape to evoke the miserableness of poverty

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sadness
  • sorrowfulness
  • melancholy
  • depression
  • mournfulness
  • misery
  • anguish
  • unhappiness
  • sorrow
  • gloominess
  • gloom
  • glumness
  • joylessness
  • dejection
  • grief
  • dreariness
  • oppression
  • heartsickness
  • agony
  • downheartedness
  • desperation
  • forlornness
  • despair
  • blues
  • despondence
  • despondency
  • boredom
  • dumps
  • pain
  • mopes
  • mourning
  • blue devils
  • doldrums
  • despond
  • melancholia
  • dispiritedness
  • dolefulness
  • desolation
  • distress
  • disconsolateness
  • wretchedness
  • hopelessness
  • somberness
  • regret
  • ennui
  • discouragement
  • moroseness
  • woe
  • self-pity
  • dolor
  • morbidness
  • disheartenment
  • tedium
  • moodiness
  • woefulness
  • drear
  • dismalness
  • self-despair
  • morosity
  • rue

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • happiness
  • joy
  • joyousness
  • elation
  • exuberance
  • bliss
  • euphoria
  • exultation
  • ecstasy
  • intoxication
  • joyfulness
  • exhilaration
  • jubilation
  • felicity
  • rapture
  • mirth
  • gayety
  • glee
  • blissfulness
  • heaven
  • optimism
  • joviality
  • gladness
  • gaiety
  • cheerfulness
  • jollity
  • humor
  • merriment
  • gayness
  • lightheartedness
  • hopefulness
  • gleefulness
  • cheeriness
  • mirthfulness
  • contentment
  • satisfaction
  • elatedness
  • cheer
  • rapturousness
  • sunniness
  • contentedness
  • content
  • gratification
  • gladsomeness
  • delight
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