From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Miserable \Mis"er*a*ble\, n.
A miserable person. [Obs.] --Sterne.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-spa-eng]:
miserable
1. miserable; poor(malriĉa)
2. abject; dismal; meager; miserable; wretched(mizera)
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