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miserable

/ˈmɪz(ə)rəb(ə)l

adjective

1(Of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable: their happiness made Anne feel even more miserable...

They go in with their boyfriends and they're miserable, uncomfortable and they just want to go.
It's no different when someone is miserable and depressed.
So he'd helped his miserable friend console his woe begotten soul with some more hard liquor until he'd passed out.

Synonyms

unhappy, sad, sorrowful, dejected, depressed, downcast, downhearted, down, despondent, despairing, disconsolate, out of sorts, desolate, bowed down, wretched, glum, gloomy, dismal, blue, melancholy, melancholic, low-spirited, mournful, woeful, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, crestfallen, broken-hearted, heartbroken, inconsolable, luckless, grief-stricken

informal down in the mouth, down in the dumps

1.1Causing unhappiness or discomfort: horribly wet and miserable conditions...

In general it was a day for the hardiest of souls as combination of biting cold and persistent flurries of rain made conditions thoroughly miserable for spectators and players alive.
Illegal workers have to accept terribly low wages, miserable working conditions, and essentially no benefits.
Their social and economic conditions were made miserable.

Synonyms

dreary, dismal, dark, gloomy, drab, sombre, wretched, depressing, grim, cheerless, godforsaken, bleak, desolate, joyless, uninviting, discouraging, disheartening, unpromising, hopeless, dire, pathetic, tragic, distressing, grievous;

mean, poor, shabby, squalid, filthy, foul, sordid, seedy, dilapidated

unpleasant, disagreeable, displeasing, depressing, uncomfortable;

wet, rainy, stormy

informal rotten

1.2(Of a person) habitually morose: a miserable man in his late sixties...

He was miserable and moody, frustrated and just plain rude, insulting anyone who gave him the slightest reason.
Paunchy, miserable, humourless, he'd be dour if he weren't too depressed to summon up the energy.
Jack's right hand man is a miserable bad tempered individual with several years of service behind him.

Synonyms

grumpy, sullen, sulky, gloomy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, in a bad mood, dour, surly, sour, glum, moody, unsmiling, humourless, uncommunicative, taciturn, unresponsive, unsociable, scowling, glowering, ill-humoured, sombre, sober, saturnine, pessimistic, lugubrious, dismal, irritable, churlish, cantankerous, crotchety, cross, crabbed, crabby, grouchy, testy, snappish, peevish, crusty, waspish

Northern English informal mardy

informal, dated mumpish

2Pitiably small or inadequate: all they pay me is a miserable £8,000 a year...

March's trade deficit came in at a miserable but slightly less-than-expected $31.6 billion.
Twenty years ago, school districts delivered miserable services to poor and minority families with no sanction.
Their one-day cricket last term was nothing short of miserable.

Synonyms

inadequate, meagre, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, insufficient, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, short, little, lean, small, slight, slender, poor, lamentable, pitiful, puny, niggardly, beggarly

informal measly, stingy, lousy, pathetic, piddling

rare exiguous

2.1Australian /NZ & Scottish Miserly: a lousy dollar a day — could any government be more miserable?...

Not that he ever cooks for journalists, the miserable old codger.

3 [attributive] Contemptible (used as a term of abuse or for emphasis): you miserable old creep!...

I think they'd say I was a miserable moany old git at the best of times.
I happen to know that miserable wretch intimately, as I stare at him each morning in the mirror.
If not, they are miserable wretches who are capitalising on people's misery.

Synonyms

wretched, contemptible, despicable, confounded

informal blithering, flaming, footling, infernal, damned, cursed, accursed

Derivatives

miserableness

noun ...

It's absurd things like that that balance the movie off its pain-film miserableness; this is a really funny movie, despite the constant stream of tragedy, loss, degradation and soul-shattering identity crisis its characters undergo.
But in an incredible marketing feat the Scottish Tourist Board and Scottish Screen are now advertising the sheer miserableness of Scotland in a bid to attract film crews and tourists.
The way the English deal with their current law - and how they enforce closing time by bellowing at poor drinkers - smacks of a mean streak of miserableness.

Origin

Late Middle English: from French misérable, from Latin miserabilis 'pitiable', from miserari 'to pity', from miser 'wretched'.

单词	miserable
释义	miserable /ˈmɪz(ə)rəb(ə)l / adjective 1(Of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable: their happiness made Anne feel even more miserable... They go in with their boyfriends and they're miserable, uncomfortable and they just want to go. It's no different when someone is miserable and depressed. So he'd helped his miserable friend console his woe begotten soul with some more hard liquor until he'd passed out. Synonyms unhappy, sad, sorrowful, dejected, depressed, downcast, downhearted, down, despondent, despairing, disconsolate, out of sorts, desolate, bowed down, wretched, glum, gloomy, dismal, blue, melancholy, melancholic, low-spirited, mournful, woeful, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, crestfallen, broken-hearted, heartbroken, inconsolable, luckless, grief-stricken informal down in the mouth, down in the dumps 1.1Causing unhappiness or discomfort: horribly wet and miserable conditions... In general it was a day for the hardiest of souls as combination of biting cold and persistent flurries of rain made conditions thoroughly miserable for spectators and players alive. Illegal workers have to accept terribly low wages, miserable working conditions, and essentially no benefits. Their social and economic conditions were made miserable. Synonyms dreary, dismal, dark, gloomy, drab, sombre, wretched, depressing, grim, cheerless, godforsaken, bleak, desolate, joyless, uninviting, discouraging, disheartening, unpromising, hopeless, dire, pathetic, tragic, distressing, grievous; mean, poor, shabby, squalid, filthy, foul, sordid, seedy, dilapidated unpleasant, disagreeable, displeasing, depressing, uncomfortable; wet, rainy, stormy informal rotten 1.2(Of a person) habitually morose: a miserable man in his late sixties... He was miserable and moody, frustrated and just plain rude, insulting anyone who gave him the slightest reason. Paunchy, miserable, humourless, he'd be dour if he weren't too depressed to summon up the energy. Jack's right hand man is a miserable bad tempered individual with several years of service behind him. Synonyms grumpy, sullen, sulky, gloomy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, in a bad mood, dour, surly, sour, glum, moody, unsmiling, humourless, uncommunicative, taciturn, unresponsive, unsociable, scowling, glowering, ill-humoured, sombre, sober, saturnine, pessimistic, lugubrious, dismal, irritable, churlish, cantankerous, crotchety, cross, crabbed, crabby, grouchy, testy, snappish, peevish, crusty, waspish Northern English informal mardy informal, dated mumpish 2Pitiably small or inadequate: all they pay me is a miserable £8,000 a year... March's trade deficit came in at a miserable but slightly less-than-expected $31.6 billion. Twenty years ago, school districts delivered miserable services to poor and minority families with no sanction. Their one-day cricket last term was nothing short of miserable. Synonyms inadequate, meagre, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, insufficient, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, short, little, lean, small, slight, slender, poor, lamentable, pitiful, puny, niggardly, beggarly informal measly, stingy, lousy, pathetic, piddling rare exiguous 2.1Australian /NZ & Scottish Miserly: a lousy dollar a day — could any government be more miserable?... Not that he ever cooks for journalists, the miserable old codger. 3 [attributive] Contemptible (used as a term of abuse or for emphasis): you miserable old creep!... I think they'd say I was a miserable moany old git at the best of times. I happen to know that miserable wretch intimately, as I stare at him each morning in the mirror. If not, they are miserable wretches who are capitalising on people's misery. Synonyms wretched, contemptible, despicable, confounded informal blithering, flaming, footling, infernal, damned, cursed, accursed Derivatives miserableness noun ... It's absurd things like that that balance the movie off its pain-film miserableness; this is a really funny movie, despite the constant stream of tragedy, loss, degradation and soul-shattering identity crisis its characters undergo. But in an incredible marketing feat the Scottish Tourist Board and Scottish Screen are now advertising the sheer miserableness of Scotland in a bid to attract film crews and tourists. The way the English deal with their current law - and how they enforce closing time by bellowing at poor drinkers - smacks of a mean streak of miserableness. Origin Late Middle English: from French misérable, from Latin miserabilis 'pitiable', from miserari 'to pity', from miser 'wretched'.
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