MISERABLE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • contemptibly small in amount
   Synonym(s)
   • measly (what does measly mean?)
   • paltry (what does paltry mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a measly tip
   • the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief
   • a paltry wage
   • almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans
   Similar To
   • meager (what does meager mean?)
   • meagre (what does meagre mean?)
   • meagerly (what does meagerly mean?)
2. Meaning
   • characterized by physical misery
   Synonym(s)
   • wretched (what does wretched mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a wet miserable weekend
   • spent a wretched night on the floor
   Similar To
   • uncomfortable (what does uncomfortable mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of the most contemptible kind
   Synonym(s)
   • abject (what does abject mean?)
   • low (what does low mean?)
   • low-down (what does low-down mean?)
   • scummy (what does scummy mean?)
   • scurvy (what does scurvy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • contemptible (what does contemptible mean?)
4. Meaning
   • deserving or inciting pity
   Synonym(s)
   • hapless (what does hapless mean?)
   • misfortunate (what does misfortunate mean?)
   • pathetic (what does pathetic mean?)
   • piteous (what does piteous mean?)
   • pitiable (what does pitiable mean?)
   • pitiful (what does pitiful mean?)
   • poor (what does poor mean?)
   • wretched (what does wretched mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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 d
   Similar To
   • unfortunate (what does unfortunate mean?)
5. Meaning
   • very unhappy
   • full of misery
   Synonym(s)
   • suffering (what does suffering mean?)
   • wretched (what does wretched mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he felt depressed and miserable
   • a message of hope for suffering humanity
   • wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
   Similar To
   • unhappy (what does unhappy mean?)
6. Meaning
   • of very poor quality or condition
   Synonym(s)
   • deplorable (what does deplorable mean?)
   • execrable (what does execrable mean?)
   • woeful (what does woeful mean?)
   • wretched (what does wretched mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
   • woeful treatment of the accused
   • woeful errors of judgment
   Similar To
   • inferior (what does inferior mean?)