Hypertext Webster Gateway: "miserable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Miserable \Mis"er*a*ble\, a. [F. mis['e]rable, L. miserabilis,
fr. miserari to lament, pity, fr. miser wretched. See
{Miser}.]
1. Very unhappy; wretched.

What hopes delude thee, miserable man? --Dryden.

2. Causing unhappiness or misery.

What 's more miserable than discontent? --Shak.

3. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a
miserable dinner.

Miserable comforters are ye all. --Job xvi. 2.

4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obs.] --Hooker.

Syn: Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Miserable \Mis"er*a*ble\, n.
A miserable person. [Obs.] --Sterne.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

miserable
adj 1: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and
miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering
humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking
cages" [syn: {suffering}, {wretched}]
2: 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";
"couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted
limbs"; "a wretched life" [syn: {hapless}, {misfortunate},
{pathetic}, {piteous}, {pitiable}, {pitiful}, {poor}, {wretched}]
3: 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" [syn: {abject}, {low}, {low-down},
{scummy}, {scurvy}]
4: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: {deplorable},
{execrable}, {woeful}, {wretched}]
5: characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend";
"spent a wretched night on the floor" [syn: {wretched}]
6: 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" [syn: {measly}, {paltry}]


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