What is the meaning of miserable?

adjective

  • Very unhappy; full of misery.
    • usage: "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
  • Deserving or inciting pity.
    • usage: "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"
  • Of the most contemptible kind.
    • usage: "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"
  • Of very poor quality or condition.
    • usage: "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
  • Characterized by physical misery.
    • usage: "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"
  • Contemptibly small in amount.
    • usage: "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
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