Sekirov Dictionary

miserable

/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/

adjective 7
noun 2
forms 5

adjective7

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very unhappy, often because of illness, pain or having little money
- The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation, because occupation means pre-occupation — 1910
Negative minded, unpleasant to be around.
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Wretched; worthless; mean; contemptible.
- In a month's collecting at Wonosalem and Djapannan I accumulated ninety-eight species of birds, but a most miserable lot of insects. — 1869
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Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent; hopeless.
- He's good at some sports, like tennis, but he's just miserable at football.
Of the weather, extremely unpleasant due to being cold, wet, overcast, etc.
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Causing unhappiness or misery.
- For what's more miserable than discontent? — 1596
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(no longer used) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
- the liberal-hearted man is by the opinion of the prodigal miserable, and by the judgment of the miserable lavish — 1594

noun2

A miserable person; a wretch.
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[in the plural] (informal) A state of misery or melancholy.
- By 3:00 P.M. both DeeDee and Sandra's pants were thoroughly soaked, and this unhappy circumstance gave DeeDee a bad case of the miserables. — 1984

forms

miserables · miserabler · more miserable · miserablest · most miserable

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