# miserable

Pronunciation: say "MIZ-ruh-buhl" /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/

## Adjective

1. Suffering misery; deeply sad, ill, or poor.
   - Simple: Feeling very unhappy, sick, or poor.
   - _After weeks without work, he grew miserable and withdrawn._
   - _The stranded travelers were cold, hungry, and utterly miserable._
2. Of weather, extremely unpleasant from being cold, wet or overcast.
   - Simple: Of weather, very cold, wet, and unpleasant.
   - _A miserable drizzle hung over the city all weekend._
   - _The hikers turned back once conditions became truly miserable._
3. Wretched or contemptible; worthless and deserving scorn.
   - Simple: Very poor in quality, worthless, or not deserving any respect.
   - _The landlord gave his tenants a miserable, leaking shack to live in._
   - _She dismissed his miserable attempt at an apology with a wave._
4. Hopelessly bad at doing something; utterly lacking in skill or competence.
   - Simple: Very bad at doing something, with little or no skill.
   - _She's a miserable liar, and everyone sees through her at once._
   - _The team was miserable on defense throughout the entire season._

## Noun

5. A spell of misery or low spirits. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A feeling of being very sad or low.
   - _The miserables crept over him once the holidays ended and the house went quiet._
   - _He sank into the miserables for days after the funeral._
6. A wretched or pitiable person.
   - Simple: A very unhappy or pitiful person.
   - _The old miserable begged for coins outside the church gate._
   - _She took in every stray miserable who knocked at her door._

## Adjective

7. Causing unhappiness or misery to others. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Making people sad or full of misery.
   - _The miserable war brought sorrow to every household in the kingdom._
   - _A miserable drought ruined the harvest and starved the poor._
8. Greedy and unwilling to part with money; miserly. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Hating to spend money, very greedy and tight with it.

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French miserable, from Old French, from Latin miserabilis, which comes from miser plus the suffix -able.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/miserable (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).