miserable, adj.
freq. cnt. 5
freq. cnt. 5
very unhappy; full of misery
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
miserable suffering wretched
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"he felt depressed and miserable""a message of hope for suffering humanity"
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
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of the most contemptible kind
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
abject low low-down miserable scummy scurvy
sample sentences
"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"
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deserving or inciting pity
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
hapless miserable misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful poor wretched
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"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 distorted limbs"
"a wretched life"
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contemptibly small in amount
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measly miserable paltry
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"a measly tip""the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"
"a paltry wage"
"almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
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characterized by physical misery
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
miserable wretched
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"a wet miserable weekend""spent a wretched night on the floor"
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of very poor quality or condition
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
deplorable execrable miserable woeful wretched
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"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city""woeful treatment of the accused"
"woeful errors of judgment"
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