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   miserable

   /ˈmɪz(ə)rəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable: "their happiness made Anne feel even more miserable" Similar unhappysadsorrowfuldejecteddepresseddowncastdownhearteddowndespondentdespairingdisconsolateout of sortsdesolatebowed downwretchedglumgloomydismalbluemelancholymelancholiclow-spiritedmournfulwoefulwoebegonedolefulforlorncrestfallenbroken-heartedheartbrokeninconsolablelucklessgrief-strickeninformal:down in the mouthdown in the dumpsOpposite happycontented
   • ▪ causing unhappiness or discomfort: "horribly wet and miserable conditions" Similar drearydismaldarkgloomydrabsombrewretcheddepressinggrimcheerlessgodforsakenbleakdesolatejoylessuninvitingdiscouragingdishearteningunpromisinghopelessdirepathetictragicdistressinggrievousmeanpoorshabbysqualidfilthyfoulsordidseedydilapidatedunpleasantdisagreeabledispleasingdepressinguncomfortablewetrainystormyinformal:rottenOpposite luxuriousgloriouslovely
   • ▪ (of a person) habitually morose: "a miserable man in his late sixties" Similar grumpysullensulkygloomybad-temperedill-temperedin a bad mooddoursurlysourglummoodyunsmilinghumourlessuncommunicativetaciturnunresponsiveunsociablescowlinggloweringill-humouredsombresobersaturninepessimisticlugubriousdismalirritablechurlishcantankerouscrotchetycrosscrabbedcrabbygrouchytestysnappishpeevishcrustywaspishinformal:mardyinformal, dated:mumpishOpposite cheerfulgood-natured
   • ▪ contemptible (used as a term of abuse or for emphasis): "you miserable old creep!" Similar wretchedcontemptibledespicableconfoundedinformal:blitheringflamingfootlinginfernaldamnedcursedaccursed
   • 2. pitiably small or inadequate: "all they pay me is a miserable £8,000 a year" Similar inadequatemeagrescantyscantpaltrylimitedrestrictedinsufficientdeficientnegligibleinsubstantialskimpyshortlittleleansmallslightslenderpoorlamentablepitifulpunyniggardlybeggarlyinformal:measlystingylousypatheticpiddlingrare:exiguousOpposite generousadequate
   • ▪ miserly: Australian, New Zealand, Scottish "a lousy dollar a day—could any government be more miserable?"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French misérable, from Latin miserabilis ‘pitiable’, from miserari ‘to pity’, from miser ‘wretched’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. miserableness noun

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   • What's the noun for miserable? Here's the word you're looking for. great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. (extreme) poverty. “In doing this, you would save them and yourself from misery and heartaches.”

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   • 4 adj If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly. He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else. 5 adj You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or worse than it ought to be.

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   • If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull . It was a grey, wet, miserable day. It was very cold, damp and miserable. If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly . He always was a miserable man.

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   • They can make your life miserable if they want to. The forecast is for miserable weather today. Even the most temperamentally introverted or miserable among us has the capacity to find a meaningful project that suits who we are. Before his miserable outing, he was having one of his best seasons. And it's nothing short of miserable for students.

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   • Still, if the relationship made the man miserable, it would not have the same value. Miserable as their living and working conditions were, a sense of mutual assistance among the slum-dwellers, especially among solitary people, did exist. He wanted to insure his life and not be dependent upon a miserable pension like what we had arranged for him.

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   Why is Yiddish a symbol of a miserable past?

   • Yiddish, deemed a symbol of a miserable past in a forced exile, was neither prestigious nor desirable. The congenitally miserable can fulfill their natures (somewhat?) by at least reducing their unhappiness. He set his heel upon this miserable homage to station, which had nothing to support it, and crushed it out of his heart.

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