miserable
1. very unhappy;
full of misery (Freq. 3)
- he felt depressed and miserable
- a message of hope for suffering humanity
- wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
• Syn:
suffering, wretched
• Similar to:
unhappy
• Derivationally related forms:
wretchedness (for: wretched), miserableness
2. deserving or inciting pity (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
hapless, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable,
pitiful, poor, wretched
• Similar to:
unfortunate
• Derivationally related forms:
wretchedness (for: wretched), pity (for: piteous), pathos (for: pathetic), miserableness
3. of the most contemptible kind (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
abject, low, low-down, scummy, scurvy
• Similar to:
contemptible
4. of very poor quality or condition
- deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
- woeful treatment of the accused
- woeful errors of judgment
• Syn:
deplorable, execrable, woeful, wretched
• Similar to:
inferior
• Derivationally related forms:
wretchedness (for: wretched), miserableness
5. characterized by physical misery
- a wet miserable weekend
- spent a wretched night on the floor
• Syn:
wretched
• Similar to:
uncomfortable
• Derivationally related forms:
wretchedness (for: wretched), miserableness
6. 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
• Syn:
measly, paltry
• Similar to:
meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy
• Derivationally related forms:
paltriness (for: paltry)
|
|
