miserable

Pluralmiserables

1. 1
   adjective

   Feeling very unhappy, sick, or poor.

   Like feeling sad and sick at the same time, with no money to fix either.

   She felt miserable after losing her favorite ring.

   The sick puppy looked miserable in its cold, empty cage.

   Similardepressed, sad, dejected, downcast, gloomy

   Oppositehappy, cheerful, content, joyful

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2. 2
   adjective

   Of weather, very cold, wet, and unpleasant.

   Like a gray, freezing day when you just want to stay indoors.

   We canceled the picnic because the weather was miserable.

   It was a miserable, rainy day with no sun at all.

   Similardreary, bleak, gloomy, dismal, grim

   Oppositepleasant, fine, glorious

3. 3
   adjective

   Very poor in quality, worthless, or not deserving any respect.

   They paid him a miserable wage for such hard work.

   He offered only a miserable excuse for being so late.

   Similarcontemptible, despicable, base, wretched, ignoble

   Oppositeadmirable, worthy

4. 4
   adjective

   Very bad at doing something, with little or no skill.

   I'm miserable at math and always have been.

   He's a miserable cook, so we eat out most nights.

   Similarincompetent, bad, clumsy, inept, unskilled

   Oppositeskilled, competent, expert

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5. 5
   nouncolloquialpluralwith the

   A feeling of being very sad or low.

   Like a dark cloud of sadness sitting right over your head.

   After the long winter, the miserables settled over the whole town.

   She woke up with the miserables and couldn't shake the gloom.

   Similarblues, doldrums, dumps

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   A very unhappy or pitiful person.

   The poor miserable sat alone, shivering beside the road.

   Some lonely miserable wandered the streets each night.

   Similarwretch, unfortunate

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