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mis·er·a·ble /ˈmɪzɚ/
(a.)痛苦的,悲慘的;糟糕的,使人難受的
Mis·er·a·ble, n. A miserable person. [Obs.]
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Mis·er·a·ble a.
1. Very unhappy; wretched; living in misery.
What hopes delude thee, miserable man? --Dryden.
2. Causing unhappiness or misery.
What 's more miserable than discontent? --Shak.
3. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner.
Miserable comforters are ye all. --Job xvi. 2.
4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obs.]
Syn: -- Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched.
miserable
adj 1: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and
miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering
humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking
cages" [syn: suffering, wretched]
2: deserving or inciting pity; "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" [syn: hapless, misfortunate, pathetic,
piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched]
3: of the most contemptible kind; "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" [syn: abject, low, low-down,
scummy, scurvy]
4: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable,
execrable, woeful, wretched]
5: characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend";
"spent a wretched night on the floor" [syn: wretched]
6: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company
donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry
wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried
beans" [syn: measly, paltry]