miserable (ˈmɪzərəbəll
;ˈmɪzrə-)
Definitions
adjective
- unhappy or depressed; wretched
- causing misery, discomfort, etc ⇒
a miserable life
- contemptible ⇒
a miserable villain
- sordid or squalid ⇒
miserable living conditions
- Scottish Australian New Zealand mean; stingy
- (pejorative intensifier) ⇒
you miserable wretch
Alternative Forms
ˈmiserableness noun ˈmiserably adverbWord Origin
C16: from Old French, from Latin miserābilis worthy of pity, from miserārī to pity, from miser wretchedSynonyms
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woebegone,
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pathetic,
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Translations
- British English:
miserable
If you are miserable, you are very unhappy.I had a job which made me really miserable.ˈmɪzərəbl; ˈmɪzrə- ADJECTIVE I had a job which made me really miserable.
- Spanish:
miserable
adj
- French:
malheureux
adj
- German:
elend
adj
- Chinese: 痛苦的 adj
- Arabic: تَعِيسٌ adj
- Portuguese: miserável adj
- Russian: жалкий adj жалкая
- Croatian: bijedan adj bijedna
- Czech: sklíčený adj
- Danish: elendig adj
- Dutch: beroerd adj
- Finnish: kurja adj
- Greek: δυστυχής adj
- Italian: miserabile adj
- Japanese: 惨めな no_posp
- Korean: 비참한 adj
- Norwegian: elendig adj
- Polish: marny adj marna
- Brazilian Portuguese: miserável adj
- European Spanish:
miserable
adj
- Swedish: eländig adj eländigt
- Thai: ทำให้หดหู่ใจ adj
- Turkish: sefil adj
- Vietnamese: khốn khổ adj
Usage examples
Let's see if I can't do the same for you two miserable sods!
, CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)For the last three days they have been struggling to overtake a cold front that has been feeding them miserable conditions.
Yachting Boating World (2005)The twist: The ousted ones remain in the house to make life miserable for their kinfolk.
Globe and Mail (2003)The plight of ordinary Russians in January 1905 was appalling, with long working hours and miserable pay and living conditions.
Glasgow Herald (2002)Welsh bandsmen tended the Danish wounded while a few miserable prisoners stood among the thinning smoke.
, SHARPE'S PREY (2002)