miserable

mis·er·a·ble  (mzr--bl, mzr-)

adj.

1. Very uncomfortable or unhappy; wretched.

2. Causing or accompanied by great discomfort or distress: a miserable climate.

3. Mean or shameful; contemptible: a miserable trick.

4. Wretchedly inadequate: lived in a miserable shack; fed the prisoners miserable rations.

5. Of poor quality; inferior: miserable handicraft.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin miserbilis, pitiable, from miserr, to pity, from miser, wretched.]

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miser·a·ble n.

miser·a·ble·ness n.

miser·a·bly adv.

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miserable [ˈmɪzərəb^əl ˈmɪzrə-]

adj

1. unhappy or depressed; wretched

2. causing misery, discomfort, etc. a miserable life

3. contemptible a miserable villain

4. sordid or squalid miserable living conditions

5. Scot, Austral, and NZ mean; stingy

6. (pejorative intensifier) you miserable wretch

[from Old French, from Latin miserābilis worthy of pity, from miserārī to pity, from miser wretched]

miserableness  n

miserably  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	miserable - very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" suffering, wretched unhappy - experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"
	2.	miserable - 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" hapless, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, poor, pitiable, pitiful, wretched unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
	3.	miserable - 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" abject, low-down, scummy, scurvy, low contemptible - deserving of contempt or scorn
	4.	miserable - of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" execrable, wretched, deplorable, woeful inferior - of low or inferior quality
	5.	miserable - characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor" wretched uncomfortable - providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun"
	6.	miserable - 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" measly, paltry meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

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miserable

adjective

1. sad, down, low, depressed, distressed, gloomy, dismal, afflicted, melancholy, heartbroken, desolate, forlorn, mournful, dejected, broken-hearted, despondent, downcast, sorrowful, wretched, disconsolate, crestfallen, doleful, down in the dumps (informal), woebegone, down in the mouth (informal) She went to bed, miserable and depressed.
unhappy happy, cheerful

2. dreary, bleak, desolate, sorry, depressing, foul, dismal, shabby, vile, unhappy, seedy, sordid, squalid, dilapidated, wretched, cheerless, godforsaken, uninviting, scungy (Austral. & N.Z.) There was nothing in this miserable place to distract him.

3. unpleasant, wet, rainy, stormy, rotten (informal), dreich (Scot.) a grey, wet, miserable day

4. sullen, sour, moody, grumpy, gloomy, sombre, bad-tempered, glum, surly, sulky, taciturn, ill-tempered, humourless, lugubrious, cantankerous, grouchy, peevish, saturnine He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to anyone.

5. pathetic, low, sorry, disgraceful, mean, shameful, shabby, abject, despicable, deplorable, lamentable, contemptible, scurvy, pitiable, detestable, piteous They have so far accepted a miserable 1,100 refugees from the former Yugoslavia.
pathetic respectable, admirable

Translations

miserable [ˈmɪzərəbl] ADJ

1. (= unhappy) [person] → abatido, con el ánimo por los suelos; [face] → triste
to feel miserable → tener el ánimo por los suelos, sentirse abatido or deprimido
Sheila was looking miserable → a Sheila se la veía abatida
don't look so miserable! → ¡alegra esa cara!
to make sb miserable → hacer a algn sentirse deprimido
my job was making me really miserable → mi trabajo me estaba deprimiendo

2. (= depressing) [place, life, weather] → deprimente; [childhood] → desdichado, infeliz
it was wet and miserable outside → fuera hacía un tiempo lluvioso y deprimente
it was a miserable business → era un asunto deprimente or lamentable
to make sb's life miserable; make life miserable for sb → amargar la vida a algn
to have a miserable time → pasarlo mal, pasarlo fatal

3. (= wretched) [hovel, shantytown, beggar] → mísero
the miserable conditions they were living in → la miseria en la que vivían

4. (= contemptible, mean) you miserable (old) thing! → ¡viejo ruin!

5. (= paltry) [offer] → mísero, mezquino; [pay] → miserable; [meal] → triste, mísero
a miserable two pounds → dos miserables libras
they gave me a miserable piece of bread for lunch → me dieron un triste trozo de pan para comer

6. (= complete) to be a miserable failure [attempt, play] → ser un fracaso espantoso or rotundo, ser un triste fracaso; [person] → ser un fracaso total

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miserable [ˈmɪzərəb^əl] adj

[person] (= unhappy) → malheureux/euse
His job was making him miserable → Son travail le rendait malheureux.
You're looking miserable → Tu as l'air malheureux.
to feel miserable → ne pas avoir le moral
I'm feeling miserable → Je n'ai pas le moral.

[person] (= bad-tempered) → maussade

[weather] → maussade; [day] → maussade
The weather was miserable → Il faisait un temps maussade.
It was miserable and cold → Il faisait un temps maussade et froid.

(= wretched) [place, situation] → misérable

(= paltry) → misérable
They donate a miserable seven million pounds a year → Leur donations s'élèvent à sept misérables millions de livres par an., Ils donnent la somme misérable de sept millions de livres par an.
Our speed was a miserable 2.2 knots → Nous filions la vitesse misérable de 2,2 nœuds à l'heure.

[failure] → lamentable
to be a miserable failure → être un échec lamentable

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miserable

adj

(= unhappy) person → unglücklich, trostlos; colour → trist; (= ill-tempered) → griesgrämig; I feel miserable today → ich fühle mich heute elend or (ill) → miserabel; miserable with hunger/cold → elend vor Hunger/Kälte; a miserable old hag → eine missmutige alte Hexe; to make somebody miserable → jdm Kummer machen or bereiten, jdn unglücklich machen; to make life miserable for somebody, to make somebody’s life miserable → jdm das Leben zur Qual machen

(= wretched, causing distress) headache, cold, weather → grässlich, fürchterlich; life, existence, hovel, spectacle → erbärmlich, elend, jämmerlich; place → öde, trostlos; he died a miserable death → er ist elend or jämmerlich zugrunde or zu Grunde gegangen

(= contemptible) → miserabel, jämmerlich, erbärmlich; person → gemein, erbärmlich; treatment, behaviour → gemein; sum, failure → kläglich, jämmerlich; a miserable £3 → mickrige 3 Pfund (inf); you miserable little wretch! → du mieses kleines Biest!, du Miststück! (inf); to be a miserable failure → kläglich versagen

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miserable [ˈmɪz/ər/əbl] adj

a. (unhappy) → infelice; (deplorable, sight, failure) → penoso/a
to feel miserable → sentirsi avvilito/a or giù di morale (physically) → sentirsi a terra
don't look so miserable! → non fare quella faccia da funerale!

b. (filthy, wretched) → miserabile; (unpleasant, weather) → deprimente

c. (contemptible) → miserabile
a miserable £2 → 2 miserabili sterline

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miserable [ˈmɪz/ər/əbl] adj

a. (unhappy) → infelice; (deplorable, sight, failure) → penoso/a
to feel miserable → sentirsi avvilito/a or giù di morale (physically) → sentirsi a terra
don't look so miserable! → non fare quella faccia da funerale!

b. (filthy, wretched) → miserabile; (unpleasant, weather) → deprimente

c. (contemptible) → miserabile
a miserable £2 → 2 miserabili sterline

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miserable

adj miserable [ˈmizərəbl]

1 very unhappy; She's been miserable since he went away. ellendig بائِس нещастен nešťastný ulykkelig unglücklich δυστυχισμένος abatido, triste, deprimido, infeliz õnnetu بد بخت onneton (très) malheureux אוּמלָל दुखी nesretan boldogtalan; siralmas; nyomorult sedih vansæll infelice みじめな 비참한 labai nelaimingas nelaimīgs sedih doep ongelukkig elendig, bedrøvelig nieszczęśliwy infeliz (foarte) nefericit несчастный nešťastný nesrečen nesrećan olycklig, förtvivlad เป็นทุกข์ çok mutsuz 痛苦的 нещасний, бідолашний بے چارہ bất hạnh 痛苦的

2 very poor in quantity or quality The house was in a miserable condition. swak, ellendig زَهيد، ضَئيل мизерен ubohý miserabel; elendig elend άθλιος, αξιοθρήνητος miserable haletsusväärne بد بخت kurja misérable עָלוּב बहुत दुखी, दयनीय bijedan gyatra menyedihkan ömurlegur miserabile 貧弱な 극빈한 skurdus, pasigailėtinas nožēlojams; trūcīgs teruk armzalig elendig, ussel, ynkelig marny, nędzny miserável mizerabil, jalnic жалкий úbohý beden očajan eländig, miserabel ทุกข์ยาก kötü, berbat 粗劣的 жалюгідний; убогий خستہ حال nghèo nàn 粗劣的

adv miserably

ellendig بصورةٍ بائِسَه нещастно uboze miserabelt; elendigt elend άθλια miserablemente, tristemente haletsusväärselt به بیچارگی epätoivoisesti misérablement בְּמַבָּט אוּמלָל गरीबी से, कंगाली से bijedno szánalmasan, gyatrán secara menyedihkan ömurlega miserabilmente みじめにも 불행하게 blogai, varganai nožēlojami; trūcīgi dengan teruk ellendig, erbarmelijk elendig, usselt, bedrøvelig marnie infelizmente mizerabil; groaznic жалко úboho bedno nesrećno eländigt, miserabelt อย่างทุกข์ยาก kötü/berbat şekilde 悲慘地, 粗劣地 дуже, страшенно پر آزاری سے kinh khủng 悲惨地

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miserable → تعيس sklíčený elendig elend δυστυχής miserable kurja malheureux bijedan miserabile 惨めな 비참한 beroerd elendig marny miserável жалкий eländig ทำให้หดหู่ใจ sefil khốn khổ 痛苦的