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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (6)

1. very unhappy; full of misery;
- Example: "he felt depressed and miserable"
- Example: "a message of hope for suffering humanity"
- Example: "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
[syn: miserable, suffering, wretched]

2. deserving or inciting pity;
- Example: "a hapless victim"
- Example: "miserable victims of war"
- Example: "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy
- Example: "piteous appeals for help"
- Example: "pitiable homeless children"
- Example: "a pitiful fate"
- Example: "Oh, you poor thing"
- Example: "his poor distorted limbs"
- Example: "a wretched life"
[syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched]

3. of the most contemptible kind;
- Example: "abject cowardice"
- Example: "a low stunt to pull"
- Example: "a low-down sneak"
- Example: "his miserable treatment of his family"
- Example: "You miserable skunk!"
- Example: "a scummy rabble"
- Example: "a scurvy trick"
[syn: abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy]

4. of very poor quality or condition;
- Example: "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"
- Example: "woeful treatment of the accused"
- Example: "woeful errors of judgment"
[syn: deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched]

5. characterized by physical misery;
- Example: "a wet miserable weekend"
- Example: "spent a wretched night on the floor"
[syn: miserable, wretched]

6. contemptibly small in amount;
- Example: "a measly tip"
- Example: "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"
- Example: "a paltry wage"
- Example: "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
[syn: measly, miserable, paltry]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Miserable \Mis"er*a*ble\, a. [F. mis['e]rable, L. miserabilis,
   fr. miserari to lament, pity, fr. miser wretched. See
   Miser.]
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   1. Very unhappy; wretched; living in misery.
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            What hopes delude thee, miserable man? --Dryden.
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   2. Causing unhappiness or misery.
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            What 's more miserable than discontent? --Shak.
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   3. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a
      miserable dinner.
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            Miserable comforters are ye all.      --Job xvi. 2.
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   4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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   Syn: Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Miserable \Mis"er*a*ble\, n.
   A miserable person. [Obs.] --Sterne.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

miserable
    adj 1: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and
           miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity";
           "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [syn:
           miserable, suffering, wretched]
    2: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable
       victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as
       extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for
       help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh,
       you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched
       life" [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate,
       pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor,
       wretched]
    3: of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low
       stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment
       of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a
       scurvy trick" [syn: abject, low, low-down, miserable,
       scummy, scurvy]
    4: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
       conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
       accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable,
       execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched]
    5: characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend";
       "spent a wretched night on the floor" [syn: miserable,
       wretched]
    6: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company
       donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage";
       "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans" [syn:
       measly, miserable, paltry]