miserable
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1.8
- adjective
- /ˈmɪzərəbəl/
- Seeing the devastation after the storm left her feeling miserable as she thought of those affected.
- a miserable life
- make someone miserable
- miserable conditions
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I don't want to be as miserable as I was.
- And I don't want to be as miserable as I was.
- And two, these people are probably living miserable lives.
- If you're exhausted and miserable, that's tough.
- Some of those flaws are keeping you miserable, unhappy and unhealthy.
- We don't want desperate, miserable people crowding our door.
- I think that being miserable is going out of style.
- I will be miserable and accept that.
- Who can glory in a life that is miserable or not happy?
- If you're miserable, it's a long life
- It is a very bizarre, miserable, stressful experience.
- And so began the two darkest, most miserable years of my life.
- And to live back then was a miserable existence for the most part.
- So all of that was just miserable to me.
- They want everybody to be as miserable and wound up as they are.
Examples
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After losing his job, he felt truly miserable and uncertain about the future.
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To be misunderstood is to be miserable in many ways.
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And two, these people are probably living miserable lives.
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I was really miserable for way too long.
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We can either make ourselves miserable or make ourselves stronger.
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For the first time since his miserable childhood, he had something more than music to comfort him.
Fiction book (1990) -
I worried that my life would be miserable, reduced to a thin volume of poems.
Fiction book (1990) -
A different approach to assessing poverty is to ask people how miserable they perceive themselves to be.
Academic text (1998) -
Daily, the rain continued to fall, making life miserable and the entire operation on Morotai a muddy mess.
Fiction book (1990) -
The long winter made many people feel miserable due to the constant cold and darkness.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling unhappy or upset because of something
445
3.5
Feeling very sad and without hope
88
4.2
Sad and hopeless, making things seem very bad
73
7.5
Feeling sad or disappointed about something
58
4.5
Making you feel sad and hopeless
41
3.2
Making people feel sorry and want to help because of suffering or weakness
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7.0
Feeling very strong pain in the mind or body
22
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
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1.0
Causing sadness or making people feel bad
14
3.6
Feeling very sad because of loss or disappointment
12
5.7
Extremely unhappy and suffering a lot
10
4.5
Feeling very sad and not hopeful
10
7.2
Very sad and not able to be comforted
8
4.6
Not feeling happy or showing any pleasure
7
6.1
Making people feel sorry for someone or something
3
7.9
Making people feel sorry because someone is suffering
3
8.2
Very sad and not able to be comforted
1
7.0
Not cheerful or happy
Very sad and upset, often after something bad happens
Antonyms
Idioms
How Unhappy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Miserable comes from the Latin root miser, meaning 'wretched' or 'unhappy', and it is the same root as the word misery. So to be miserable is to feel great suffering or unhappiness.