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- pronunciation:
- mI
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
extremely unhappy, remorseful, or dissatisfied; feeling misery.
The children waited for the bus in the blustery wind, looking miserable.The new job was not what he expected, and he was miserable in it.She was miserable about her decision to leave home and now wished she could return.- synonyms:
- heartsick, wretched
- antonyms:
- delighted, joyful, joyous, lighthearted
- similar words:
- dejected, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, doleful, forlorn, glum, woebegone, woeful
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definition 2: |
accompanied by or causing discomfort or unhappiness.
In his miserable condition, the soldier could not walk and could barely speak.We've been having miserable weather with gray skies and icy rain for days now.Tuberculosis is a miserable illness.The people are living in miserable circumstances with no clean water or sanitation.- synonyms:
- abysmal, dreadful, lousy, wretched
- antonyms:
- cheerful, glorious, good-natured, jolly, joyful, joyous, lovely
- similar words:
- atrocious, deplorable, oppressive, rotten, sorry, terrible, uncomfortable
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definition 3: |
worthy of contempt; shameful.
Mugging an elderly person is a particularly miserable crime.He considers himself a miserable failure as a parent.- synonyms:
- contemptible, despicable, disgraceful, shameful, wretched
- similar words:
- deplorable, disgusting, pitiable, sorry, vile
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definition 4: |
pitiful or pathetic; very bad or unsuccessful.
The prisoners made a miserable attempt to escape and were caught almost immediately.He did a miserable job of laying the new carpet and had to come back and do it again.- synonyms:
- pathetic, pitiful, sorry, wretched
- similar words:
- dismal, lamentable, pitiable, poor
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definition 5: |
pitifully poor or unattractive; wretched.
The poor lived in miserable little shacks on the outskirts of town.- synonyms:
- pitiful, wretched
- antonyms:
- luxurious
- similar words:
- abject, forlorn, pathetic, poor, sordid, sorry, squalid
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related words: |
awful, base, broken-hearted, cheerless, dismal, downtrodden, grim, hopeless, lousy, shabby, sick, sore, wretched |
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derivations: |
miserably (adv.), miserableness (n.) |
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