miserable

1. a. Very unhappy; wretched. Source: opted

2. a. Causing unhappiness or misery. Source: opted

3. a. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner. Source: opted

4. a. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. Source: opted

5. n. A miserable person. Source: opted

6. adj. very unhappy; full of misery Source: wordnet

7. adj. deserving or inciting pity Source: wordnet

8. adj. of the most contemptible kind Source: wordnet

9. adj. of very poor quality or condition Source: wordnet

10. adj. characterized by physical misery Source: wordnet

11. adj. contemptibly small in amount Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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