miserable
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/
The English word “miserable” has 9 meanings listed here.
adjective
- In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
- Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent; hopeless.
- Of the weather, extremely unpleasant due to being cold, wet, overcast, etc.
- Wretched; worthless; mean; contemptible.
- Causing unhappiness or misery.
- Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
- Negative minded, unpleasant to be around.
noun
- A miserable person; a wretch.
- A state of misery or melancholy.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French miserable, from Old French, from Latin miserabilis, equivalent to miser + -able.
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More English words
- miserabilism
- miserabilist
- miserabilistic
- miserability
- miserable as a wet hen
- miserableness
- miserably
- miserate
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