miserable
wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
wretchedly poor; needy.
of wretched character or quality; contemptible: a miserable villain.
attended with or causing misery: a miserable existence.
manifesting misery.
worthy of pity; deplorable: a miserable failure.
Origin of miserable
1synonym study For miserable
Other words for miserable
Opposites for miserable
Other words from miserable
- mis·er·a·ble·ness, noun
- mis·er·a·bly, adverb
- qua·si-mis·er·a·ble, adjective
- qua·si-mis·er·a·bly, adverb
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How to use miserable in a sentence
Its four electric motors had a record-beating efficiency of 97%, far ahead of the miserable 27% of standard thermal engines.
Use today’s tech solutions to meet the climate crisis and do it profitably | Walter Thompson | February 12, 2021 | TechCrunchIt came rushing back, how miserable I was just hours before I unfurled my picnic blanket on the damp grass and we worked our way through the pleasantries of a first date.
Hollye Kirkcaldy, director at Sparro House, a remote-working creative agency, attempted to return to work full-time after having her first child, but admitted the experience made her miserable.
‘It’s possible if done right’: Pandemic accelerates demand for flexible senior roles | Jessica Davies | February 3, 2021 | DigidayI prayed and prayed the break would end and now that it has ended I feel even more miserable.
Carolyn Hax: He asked to ‘take a break’; now he wants to take up where they left off | Carolyn Hax | January 19, 2021 | Washington PostComing off a miserable 2020 season, United would have to ensure an adequate supporting cast.
Mesut Özil playing for D.C. United seems unlikely. But it’s not impossible. | Steven Goff | January 14, 2021 | Washington Post
Despite being one of the most powerful men in the world, the king looks miserable.
The young people in Girls are miserable, peevish, depressed, hate their bodies, themselves, their life, and each other.
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham | P. J. O’Rourke | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLike Donal, he requested to go to boarding school to escape his homelife; also like Donal, he was initially miserable there.
Colm Toibin Describes The Creation Of His Quiet Masterpiece ‘Nora Webster’ | Jennie Yabroff | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMillions of children in India endure miserable and difficult lives.
I was going along OK, but looking back, I was filled with anger and took it out on my first wife and made her life miserable.
David Lynch on Transcendental Meditation, ‘Twin Peaks,’ and Collaborating With Kanye West | Marlow Stern | October 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTU was an Usurer, a miserable elf; V was a Vintner, who drank all himself.
Madame and myself had just been regretting that we should have to pass the evening in this miserable hole of a town.
Or, if I escaped these dangers for a day or two, what could I expect but a miserable death of cold and hunger?
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftAll the miserable stratagems they had been guilty of to win him; the dishonest plotting and planning.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodEight weary years have passed, and we have reached a miserable day in the month of November.
British Dictionary definitions for miserable
/ (ˈmɪzərəbəl, ˈmɪzrə-) /
unhappy or depressed; wretched
causing misery, discomfort, etc: a miserable life
contemptible: a miserable villain
sordid or squalid: miserable living conditions
Scot, Australian and NZ mean; stingy
(pejorative intensifier): you miserable wretch
Origin of miserable
1Derived forms of miserable
- miserableness, noun
- miserably, adverb
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