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

Adjective

1. unhappy or depressed; wretched

2. causing misery or discomfort: a miserable existence

3. sordid or squalid: miserable living conditions

4. mean or ungenerous: a miserable pension [Latin miserabilis]

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) << OPPOSITE happy

adjective 2. pathetic, low, sorry, disgraceful, mean, shameful, shabby, abject, despicable, deplorable, lamentable, contemptible, scurvy, pitiable, detestable, piteous << OPPOSITE respectable

Translations

miserable [ˈmɪzərəbl] adj (= unhappy) → triste, desgraciado (= wretched); miserable;

to feel miserable → sentirse triste

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miserable [ˈmɪzərəbl] adj [person, expression] → malheureux/euse; [conditions] → misérable; [weather] → maussade; [offer, donation] → minable; [failure] → pitoyable;

to feel miserable → avoir le cafard

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miserable [ˈmɪzərəbl] adj (unhappy) → unglücklich;

(wretched) → erbärmlich, elend;

(unpleasant) (weather) → trostlos: (person) → gemein;

(contemptible) (offer, donation) → armselig: (failure) → kläglich;

to feel miserable → sich elend fühlen

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miserable [ˈmɪzərəbl] adj → infelice (= wretched); miserabile; [weather] → deprimente;

to feel miserable → sentirsi avvilito or giù di morale

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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 불행한 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 하찮은, 부족한 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