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Synonyms for miserable
ˈmɪz ər ə bəl, ˈmɪz rə-mis·er·able
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
miserable
Pitiful originally signified full of pity; as, "the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy," James v, 11; but this usage is now archaic, and the meaning in question is appropriated by such words as merciful and compassionate. Pitiful and pitiable now refer to what may be deserving of pity, pitiful being used chiefly for that which is merely an object of thought, pitiable for that which is brought directly before the senses; as, a pitiful story; a pitiable object; a pitiable condition. Since pity, however, always implies weakness or inferiority in that which is pitied, pitiful and pitiable are often used, by an easy transition, for what might awaken pity, but does awaken contempt; as, a pitiful excuse; he presented a pitiable appearance. Piteous is now rarely used in its earlier sense of feeling pity, but in its derived sense applies to what really excites the emotion; as, a piteous cry. Compare HUMANE; MERCY; PITY.
Synonyms:
abject, base, contemptible, despicable, lamentable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, sorrowful, touching, woful, wretchedAntonyms:
august, beneficent, commanding, dignified, exalted, glorious, grand, great, helpful, lofty, mighty, noble, sublime, superb, superior
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
miserable
Synonyms:
abject, forlorn, pitiable, wretched, worthless, despicable, disconsolateAntonyms:
respectable, worthy, happy, contented, comfortable
Princeton's WordNet
miserable, suffering, wretchedadjective
very unhappy; full of misery
"he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
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low-down, pitiable, pathetic, piteous, abject, vile, misfortunate, poor, pitiful, hapless, slimy, unworthy, deplorable, suffering, scurvy, scummy, worthless, ugly, woeful, measly, wretched, paltry, execrable, despicable, lowAntonyms:
ample, happy, comfy, estimable, superior, fortunate, comfortablehapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretchedadjective
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"
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ridiculous, paltry, deplorable, scummy, woeful, slimy, execrable, suffering, scurvy, vile, low-down, despicable, inadequate, low, worthless, sad, piteous, hapless, lamentable, misfortunate, pitiable, distressing, measly, poor, pathetic, short, wretched, silly, sorry, pitiful, abject, unworthy, uglyAntonyms:
comfortable, ample, superior, estimable, happy, fortunate, comfyabject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvyadjective
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"
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down(p), dispirited, small, downcast, paltry, deplorable, scummy, modest, execrable, suffering, scurvy, unhopeful, humbled, low-down, lowly, low, broken, down in the mouth, blue, humble, downhearted, grim, low-toned, low-pitched, piteous, hapless, misfortunate, pitiable, depleted, crushed, measly, poor, funky, pathetic, wretched, pitiful, gloomy, abject, woeful, depressed, low-spirited, humiliatedAntonyms:
fortunate, comfortable, ample, happy, superior, estimable, comfydeplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretchedadjective
of very poor quality or condition
"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
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paltry, deplorable, scummy, odious, reprehensible, damnable, slimy, execrable, suffering, scurvy, woebegone, vile, low-down, despicable, low, criminal, vicious, worthless, detestable, sad, piteous, condemnable, hapless, lamentable, misfortunate, pitiable, distressing, measly, abominable, poor, pathetic, wretched, sorry, pitiful, abject, woeful, unworthy, uglyAntonyms:
fortunate, superior, ample, comfortable, comfy, happy, estimablemiserable, wretchedadjective
characterized by physical misery
"a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"
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low-down, pitiable, pathetic, piteous, abject, vile, misfortunate, poor, pitiful, hapless, slimy, unworthy, deplorable, suffering, scurvy, scummy, worthless, ugly, woeful, measly, wretched, paltry, execrable, despicable, lowAntonyms:
fortunate, comfy, happy, estimable, comfortable, ample, superiormeasly, miserable, paltryadjective
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"
Synonyms:
low-down, pitiable, pathetic, piteous, abject, misfortunate, poor, pitiful, hapless, trifling, deplorable, suffering, scurvy, scummy, negligible, woeful, measly, wretched, paltry, execrable, lowAntonyms:
fortunate, happy, comfortable, estimable, superior, ample, comfy
Editors Contribution
depression
Dictionary of English Synonymes
miserableadjective
Synonyms:
unhappy (as respects the condition of the mind), WRETCHED, distressed, afflicted, comfortless, disconsolate, forlorn, broken-hearted, heart-brokenmiserableadjective
miserableadjective
Synonyms:
low, mean, abject, despicable, contemptible
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
miserableadjective
Synonyms:
wretched, abject, deplorable, grievous, pitiable, calamitous, mean, despicable, contemptible, base, arrant, sordid, groveling
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How to use miserable in a sentence?
I hadn't even dreamed of getting another Academy Award, and there I was unhappy in my private life and miserable, i remember Clifford Odets drove me three times around the Biltmore, where the Oscars were given out, because I was so full of tears.
You get born as a boy and then you just end up messing everything just to be a girl. In the end, nobody supports you and you die as a miserable no one. End of story.”
We also have people dying longer, we are able to keep people alive without much quality of life in many cases. We haven't done a great job of making healthspan match up with lifespan, which is both miserable and unbelievably costly - and frightening.
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable ... but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.
Not spectacular, but not miserable, either.
Translations for miserable
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- بائسArabic
- desgraciat, trist, miserableCatalan, Valencian
- nešťastný, bědný, mizernýCzech
- jämmerlich, erbärmlich, miserabelGerman
- αξιοθρήνητος, άθλιοςGreek
- miserableSpanish
- misérableFrench
- brònachScottish Gaelic
- nyomorult, pocsék, gyatraHungarian
- դժբախտArmenian
- miserabileItalian
- 悲惨, 下手, 惨めJapanese
- 불행한 상황Korean
- tureikuraMāori
- miserável, horrívelPortuguese
- nenorocitRomanian
- несчастный, бедный, неумелыйRussian
- துன்பகரமானTamil
- sefilTurkish
- pôvriteus, mizeråve, minåve, pôvriteuseWalloon
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