miserable in English dictionary

miserable
Meanings and definitions of "miserable"
- In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
- Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent.
- adjective
  
  In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
- adjective
  
  Very bad ( at something); unskilled, incompetent.
- adjective
  
  Wretched; worthless; mean.
- adjective
  
  (obsolete)
  
  Causing unhappiness or misery.
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  (obsolete)
  
  Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
- noun
  
  A miserable person; a wretch.
- in a state of misery
- very bad (at)
- adjective
  
  characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"
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  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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  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"
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  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"
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  of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
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  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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Synonyms of "miserable" in English dictionary

misfortunate, meager, scurvy are the top synonyms of "miserable" in the English thesaurus.
misfortunate · meager · scurvy · paltry · poor · unhappy · pathetic · contemptible · low-down · wretched · low · piteous · scrimpy · suffering · execrable · deplorable · meagre · scummy · unfortunate · woeful · hapless · abject · stingy · pitiful · meagerly · pitiable · measly · inferior · uncomfortable

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

measly · paltry
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"

hapless · misfortunate · pathetic · piteous · pitiable · pitiful · poor · wretched
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"

abject · low · low-down · scummy · scurvy
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"

deplorable · execrable · woeful · wretched
of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

suffering · wretched
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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Grammar and declension of miserable
miserable ( comparative more miserable, superlative most miserable)

miserable (comparative miserabler or more miserable, superlative miserablest or most miserable)

miserable (plural miserables)
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Miserable

miserable in English dictionary

Meanings and definitions of "miserable"

Synonyms of "miserable" in English dictionary

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