miserable Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite very unhappy; full of misery
   suffering; wretched.
   
   • he felt depressed and miserable
   • a message of hope for suffering humanity
   • wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
2. adjective satellite deserving or inciting pity
   poor; wretched; pathetic; pitiable; piteous; misfortunate; pitiful; hapless.
   
   • 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
3. adjective satellite of the most contemptible kind
   scurvy; low-down; scummy; low; abject.
   
   • 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
4. adjective satellite of very poor quality or condition
   execrable; deplorable; woeful; wretched.
   
   • deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
   • woeful treatment of the accused
   • woeful errors of judgment
5. adjective satellite characterized by physical misery
   wretched.
   
   • a wet miserable weekend
   • spent a wretched night on the floor
6. adjective satellite contemptibly small in amount
   paltry; measly.
   
   • 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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