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Thesaurus: miserable

Very unhappy; wretched.

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  1. a. Very unhappy; wretched.
  2. a. Causing unhappiness or misery.
  3. a. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner.
  4. a. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
  5. n. A miserable person.
  6. adj. very unhappy; full of misery
  7. adj. deserving or inciting pity
  8. adj. of the most contemptible kind
  9. adj. of very poor quality or condition
  10. adj. characterized by physical misery
  11. adj. contemptibly small in amount
  12. 1. Very unhappy; wretched. What hopes delude thee, miserable man Dryden. 2. Causing unhappiness or misery. What 's more miserable than discontent Shak. 3. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner. Miserable comforters are ye all. Job xvi. 2. 4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obs.] Hooker. Syn. -- Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched. A miserable person. [Obs.] Sterne.