103 entries under miserable topic. ×
| forlorn(poor, wretched) | |
| hack(adjective, meager, paltry, scanty) | |
| lowborn(adjective, meager, paltry, scanty) | |
| melting(sad, wretched, pitiful, affecting) | |
| menial(adjective, meager, paltry, scanty) | |
| obscure(adjective, meager, paltry, scanty) | |
| plaintive(sad, unhappy, wretched, pitiful) | |
| plebeian(adjective, meager, paltry, scanty) | |
| poignant(sad, wretched, pitiful, affecting) | |
| proletarian(adjective, meager, paltry, scanty) | |
| rueful(mean, low, sad, wretched) | |
| run-down(adjective, down, meager, paltry) | |
| scruffy(adjective, poor, wretched, meager) | |
| scummy(poor, wretched, pathetic) | |
| scurvy(mean, poor, low, wretched) | |
| seedy(adjective, meager, paltry, scanty) | |
| servile(adjective, meager, paltry, scanty) | |
| sordid(adjective, meager, paltry, scanty) | |
| squalid(adjective, meager, paltry, scanty) | |
| tawdry(adjective, poor, cheap, mediocre) |
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