MISERABLE


Meaning of MISERABLE in English

/ ˈmɪzrəbl; NAmE / adjective

1.

very unhappy or uncomfortable :

We were cold, wet and thoroughly miserable.

Don't look so miserable!

She knows how to make life miserable for her employees.

2.

making you feel very unhappy or uncomfortable

SYN depressing :

miserable housing conditions

I spent a miserable weekend alone at home.

What a miserable day (= cold and wet) !

The play was a miserable failure .

3.

[ only before noun ] ( disapproving ) ( of a person ) always unhappy, bad-tempered and unfriendly

SYN grumpy :

He was a miserable old devil.

4.

too small in quantity

SYN paltry :

How can anyone live on such a miserable wage?

►  mis·er·ably / -əbli; NAmE / adverb :

They wandered around miserably.

a miserably cold day

He failed miserably as an actor.

IDIOMS

see sin noun

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : from French misérable , from Latin miserabilis pitiable, from miserari to pity, from miser wretched.

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