Miserableness

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

miserableness - a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable" misery, wretchedness ill-being - lack of prosperity or happiness or health concentration camp - a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditions living death - a state of constant misery woe, suffering - misery resulting from affliction