miserable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: mis=er=a=ble
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in OT : 2 in 2 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

miserable, a. [F. misérable, L. miserabilis, fr. miserari to lament, pity, fr. miser wretched. See Miser.].

•  Very unhappy; wretched; living in misery.  [1913 Webster]

  "What hopes delude thee, miserable man?"  [1913 Webster]
•  Causing unhappiness or misery.  [1913 Webster]

  "What 's more miserable than discontent?"  [1913 Webster]
•  Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner.  [1913 Webster]

  "Miserable comforters are ye all."  [1913 Webster]
•  Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.  Hooker.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched.

miserable, n. 

 A miserable person.  Sterne.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

miserable, adj.
1 wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable (felt miserable; a miserable hovel).
2 contemptible, mean.
3 causing wretchedness or discomfort (miserable weather).
4 Sc., Austral., & NZ stingy, mean.

Derivative

miserableness n. miserably adv.

Etymology

ME f. F mis{eacute}rable f. L miserabilis pitiable f. miserari to pity f. miser wretched

THESAURUS

miserable

abject, abominable, adverse, afflicted, antagonistic, arrant, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beggarly, beneath contempt, cheap, cheerless, cheesy, common, conflicting, contemptible, contrary, counter, counteractive, crummy, crushed, cut up, debased, deep-troubled, degraded, dejected, deplorable, depraved, depressed, desolate, despairing, desperate, despicable, despondent, detrimental, difficult, dirty, disconsolate, discontented, disgraceful, disgusting, dismal, doleful, dolorous, downhearted, execrable, flagrant, forlorn, foul, fulsome, gaudy, gimcracky, gloomy, glum, grave, grim, gross, hard, harmful, heart-stricken, heart-struck, heartbroken, heartsick, heinous, hopeless, hostile, humorless, in bad humor, in opposition, inadequate, inclement, inconvenient, infestive, inimical, joyless, lachrymose, lamentable, little, lousy, low, low-down, low-spirited, lumpen, mangy, mean, measly, melancholy, meretricious, mirthless, monstrous, mournful, nefarious, not easy, obnoxious, odious, opposed, opposing, opposite, out of humor, out of sorts, paltry, pathetic, petty, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, pleasureless, poky, poor, rank, reptilian, rigorous, rotten, rubbishy, rueful, ruthful, sad, scabby, scrubby, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, scuzzy, shabby, shameful, shoddy, sinister, small, sorrowful, sorry, sorryish, squalid, stressful, stricken, suicidal, tearful, terrible, trashy, troublesome, troublous, trumpery, trying, two-for-a-cent, two-for-a-penny, twopenny, twopenny-halfpenny, uncheerful, uncheery, unfavorable, unhappy, unjoyful, unmentionable, unmirthful, unpleasant, unsmiling, untoward, unworthy, valueless, vile, woebegone, woeful, worthless, wretched

ROGET THESAURUS

miserable

Unimportance

N unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality, triviality, levity, frivolity, paltriness, poverty, smallness, vanity, matter of indifference, no object, nothing, nothing to signify, nothing worth speaking of, nothing particular, nothing to boast of, nothing to speak of, small matter, no great matter, trifling matter, mere joke, mere nothing, hardly anything, scarcely anything, nonentity, small beer, cipher, no great shakes, peu de chose, child's play, kinderspiel, toy, plaything, popgun, paper pellet, gimcrack, gewgaw, bauble, trinket, bagatelle, Rickshaw, knickknack, whim-wham, trifle, trifles light as air, yankee notions, trumpery, trash, rubbish, stuff, fatras, frippery, leather or prunello, chaff, drug, froth bubble smoke, cobweb, weed, refuse, scum, joke, jest, snap of the fingers, fudge, fiddlestick, fiddlestick end, pack of nonsense, mere farce, straw, pin, fig, button, rush, bulrush, feather, halfpenny, farthing, brass farthing, doit, peppercorn, jot, rap, pinch of snuff, old son, cent, mill, picayune, pistareen, red cent, minutiae, details, minor details, small fry, dust in the balance, feather in the scale, drop in the ocean, flea-bite, molehill, nine days' wonder, ridiculus mus, flash in the pan, much ado about nothing, unimportant, of little account, of small account, of no account, of little importance, of no importance, immaterial, unessential, nonessential, indifferent, subordinate, mediocre, passable, fair, respectable, tolerable, commonplace, uneventful, mere, common, ordinary, inconsiderable, so-so, insignificant, inappreciable, trifling, trivial, slight, slender, light, flimsy, frothy, idle, puerile, airy, shallow, weak, powerless, frivolous, petty, niggling, piddling, peddling, fribble, inane, ridiculous, farcical, finical, finikin, fiddle-faddle, fingle-fangle, namby-pamby, wishy-washy, milk and water, poor, paltry, pitiful, contemptible, sorry, mean, meager, shabby, miserable, wretched, vile, scrubby, scrannel, weedy, niggardly, scurvy, putid, beggarly, worthless, twopennyhalfpenny, cheap, trashy, catchpenny, gimcrack, trumpery, one- horse, not worth the pains, not worth while, not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of, not worth a thought, not worth a curse, not worth a straw, beneath notice, unworthy of notice, beneath regard, unworthy of regard, beneath consideration, unworthy of consideration, de lana caprina, vain, slightly, rather, somewhat, pretty well, tolerably, for aught one cares, Int, no matter!, pish!, tush!, tut!, pshaw!, pugh!, pooh, pooh-pooh!, fudge!, bosh!, humbug!, fiddlestick, fiddlestick end!, fiddlededee!, never mind!, n'importe!, what signifies it, what boots it, what of it, what of that, what matter, what's the odds, a fig for', stuff!, nonsense!, stuff and nonsense, magno conatu magnas nugas, le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle, it matters not, it does not signify, it is of no consequence, it is of no importance, elephantus non capit murem, tempete dans un verre d'eau.

Pain

N mental suffering, pain, dolor, suffering, sufferance, ache, smart, passion, displeasure, dissatisfaction, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet, malaise, inquietude, uneasiness, vexation of spirit, taking, discontent, dejection, weariness, anhedonia, annoyance, irritation, worry, infliction, visitation, plague, bore, bother, botheration, stew, vexation, mortification, chagrin, esclandre, mauvais quart d'heur, care, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, trial, ordeal, fiery ordeal, shock, blow, cark, dole, fret, burden, load, concern, grief, sorrow, distress, affliction, woe, bitterness, heartache, carking cares, heavy heart, aching heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, heavy affliction, gnawing grief, unhappiness, infelicity, misery, tribulation, wretchedness, desolation, despair, extremity, prostration, depth of misery, nightmare, ephialtes, incubus, pang, anguish, agony, torture, torment, purgatory, hell upon earth, iron age, reign of terror, slough of despond, peck of troubles, ills that flesh is heir to, miseries of human life, unkindest cut of all, sufferer, victim, prey, martyr, object of compassion, wretch, shorn lamb, in pain, in a state of pain, full of pain, suffering, pained, afflicted, worried, displeased, aching, griped, sore, on the rack, in limbo, between hawk and buzzard, uncomfortable, uneasy, ill at ease, in a taking, in a way, disturbed, discontented, out of humor, weary, heavy laden, stricken, crushed, a prey to, victimized, ill-used, unfortunate, to be pitied, doomed, devoted, accursed, undone, lost, stranded, fey, unhappy, infelicitous, poor, wretched, miserable, woe-begone, cheerless, careworn, concerned, sorry, sorrowing, sorrowful, cut up, chagrined, horrified, horror-stricken, in grief, plunged in grief, a prey to grief, in tears, steeped to the lips in misery, heart-stricken, heart-broken, heart-scalded, broken-hearted, in despair, the iron entered into our soul, haeret lateri lethalis arundo, one's heart bleeding, down, thou climbing sorrow, mirth cannot move a soul in agony, nessun maggior dolere che ricordarsi del tempo fel, sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier th, the Niobe of Nations.