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Miserable

adjective

1.

Very unhappy; full of misery. Synonyms: suffering, wretched. "A message of hope for suffering humanity" , "Wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

2.

Deserving or inciting pity. Synonyms: hapless, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched. "Miserable victims of war" , "The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" , "Piteous appeals for help" , "Pitiable homeless children" , "A pitiful fate" , "Oh, you poor thing" , "His poor distorted limbs" , "A wretched life"

3.

Of the most contemptible kind. Synonyms: abject, low, low-down, scummy, scurvy. "A low stunt to pull" , "A low-down sneak" , "His miserable treatment of his family" , "You miserable skunk!" , "A scummy rabble" , "A scurvy trick"

4.

Of very poor quality or condition. Synonyms: deplorable, execrable, woeful, wretched. "Woeful treatment of the accused" , "Woeful errors of judgment"

5.

Characterized by physical misery. Synonym: wretched. "Spent a wretched night on the floor"

6.

Contemptibly small in amount. Synonyms: measly, paltry. "The company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief" , "A paltry wage" , "Almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

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"Miserable" Quotes from Famous Books

... placidly at him, which was far worse than if she had tilted her head. Through two dreary, interminable acts he sat looking at the stage, trying to talk small talk with the Starletts and remaining absolutely miserable; but shortly before the beginning of the last act he was able to take a quite new and gleeful interest in life, for the young woman from Savannah came fluttering into the Elliston box, bearing in tow the beautiful and ...

— The Making of Bobby Burnit - Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man • George Randolph Chester

... warmth and the shadow of comfort over a miserable fire. The dogs were beyond, herded far within the shelter, their fierce eyes agleam with a reflection of the feeble firelight as they gazed out hungrily in its direction. It was a cavernous break in the rock-bound confines ...

— The Heart of Unaga • Ridgwell Cullum

... talk about going away," said Mrs. Fulton; "the fact is bad enough. I'm not a bit ashamed to have people know that I'll be miserable and cross all ...

— We Three • Gouverneur Morris

... Birmingham about nine o'clock, and, after breakfast, went to call on his old schoolfellow Mr. Hector[1343]. A very stupid maid, who opened the door, told us, that 'her master was gone out; he was gone to the country; she could not tell when he would return.' In short, she gave us a miserable reception; and Johnson observed, 'She would have behaved no better to people who wanted him in the way of his profession.' He said to her, 'My name is Johnson; tell him I called. Will you remember the name?' She answered ...

— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2 • Boswell, Edited by Birkbeck Hill

... oppression, thought that the intellectual few had God-given powers to rule, and to exact tribute from them to the extent of commanding every ounce of exertion of which their bodies were capable. It was here, Gloria, that society began to form itself wrongly, and the result is the miserable travesty of to-day. Selfishness became the keynote, and to physical and mental strength was conceded everything that is desirable in life. Later, this mockery of justice, was partly recognized, and it was acknowledged to be ...

— Philip Dru: Administrator • Edward Mandell House

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