Definition of Miserable

1. Adjective. Very unhappy; full of misery. "Wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

Exact synonyms: Suffering, Wretched
Similar to: Unhappy
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Wretchedness

2. Adjective. Deserving or inciting pity. "A wretched life"

3. Adjective. Of the most contemptible kind. "A scurvy trick"
Exact synonyms: Abject, Low, Low-down, Scummy, Scurvy
Similar to: Contemptible

4. Adjective. Of very poor quality or condition. "Woeful errors of judgment"
Exact synonyms: Deplorable, Execrable, Woeful, Wretched
Similar to: Inferior
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Wretchedness

5. Adjective. Characterized by physical misery. "Spent a wretched night on the floor"
Exact synonyms: Wretched
Similar to: Uncomfortable
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Wretchedness

6. Adjective. Contemptibly small in amount. "Almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
Exact synonyms: Measly, Paltry
Similar to: Meager, Meagerly, Meagre, Scrimpy, Stingy
Derivative terms: Paltriness

Definition of Miserable

1. a. Very unhappy; wretched.

2. n. A miserable person.

Definition of Miserable

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Miserable

misemployments
misemploys
misenrol
misenroll
misenrolled
misenrolling
misenrolls
misenrols
misenter
misentered
misentering
misenters
misentries
misentry
miser
miserable (current term)
miserableness
miserablenesses
miserables
miserably
misere
miserere
miserere
misereres
miseres
misericord
misericorde
misericordes
misericordia
misericords

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