miserable

Meaning

Adj

1. In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
2. Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent; hopeless.
3. Of the weather, extremely unpleasant due to being cold, wet, overcast, etc.
4. Wretched; worthless; mean; contemptible.
5. (obsolete) Causing unhappiness or misery.
6. (obsolete) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.

Noun

1. A miserable person; a wretch.
2. (in-plural, informal, with-definite-article) A state of misery or melancholy.

Synonyms

wretched

poor

dismal

pitiful

sad

☹️

abject

pitiable

unhappy

☹️

bad

👎

nasty

tragic

gaunt

dreary

cruel

mean

distressed

pathetic

meager

bleak

woeful

severe

impoverished

somber

destitute

gloomy

unfortunate

deplorable

piteous

sorrowful

rotten

forlorn

depressed

dejected

sorry

beggarly

wrong

evil

suffering

unenviable

shameful

indigent

beastly

paltry

needy

afflicted

grievous

downcast

doleful

squalid

low

Translations

misérable

miserable

erbärmlich

pauvre

άθλιος

elend

miserabile

miserable

malheureux

☹️

misero

desgraciat

☹️

beklagenswaardig

miserável

malus

phaulius

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French miserable, from Old French, from Latin miserabilis, equivalent to miser + -able.