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Synonyms
mis·er·a·ble (mĭźər-ə-bəl, mĭźrə-)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin miserābilis, pitiable, from miserārī, to pity, from miser, wretched.]

adjective 

  1. Very uncomfortable or unhappy; wretched.
  2. Causing or accompanied by great discomfort or distress: a miserable climate.
  3. Mean or shameful; contemptible: a miserable trick.
  4. Wretchedly inadequate: lived in a miserable shack; fed the prisoners miserable rations.
  5. Of poor quality; inferior: miserable handicraft.

derivatives

miśer·a·ble
noun
miśer·a·ble·ness
noun
miśer·a·bly
adverb