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| 1. | [ adjective ] very unhappy; full of misery | |
| Synonyms: | suffering wretched | |
| Examples: | "he felt depressed and miserable" "a message of hope for suffering humanity" "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" |
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| Related terms: | unhappy | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] deserving or inciting pity | |
| Synonyms: | poor piteous hapless pathetic wretched pitiable pitiful misfortunate | |
| Examples: | "a hapless victim" "miserable victims of war" "piteous appeals for help" "pitiable homeless children" "a pitiful fate" "couldn't rescue the poor fellow" "his poor distorted limbs" "a wretched life" |
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| Related terms: | unfortunate | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] of the most contemptible kind | |
| Synonyms: | low abject low-down scurvy scummy | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | contemptible | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] characterized by physical misery | |
| Synonyms: | wretched | |
| Examples: | "a wet miserable weekend" "spent a wretched night on the floor" |
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| Related terms: | uncomfortable | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] of very poor quality or condition | |
| Synonyms: | wretched execrable woeful deplorable | |
| Examples: | "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city" "woeful treatment of the accused" "woeful errors of judgment" |
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| Related terms: | inferior | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] contemptibly small in amount | |
| Synonyms: | paltry measly | |
| Examples: | "a measly tip" "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief" "a paltry wage" "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans" |
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| Related terms: | meager | |
| Similar spelling: |
miserably |
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