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Miserable

adjective

1.

Very unhappy; full of misery. Synonyms: suffering, wretched. "A message of hope for suffering humanity" , "Wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

2.

Deserving or inciting pity. Synonyms: hapless, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched. "Miserable victims of war" , "The shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" , "Piteous appeals for help" , "Pitiable homeless children" , "A pitiful fate" , "Oh, you poor thing" , "His poor distorted limbs" , "A wretched life"

3.

Of the most contemptible kind. Synonyms: abject, low, low-down, scummy, scurvy. "A low stunt to pull" , "A low-down sneak" , "His miserable treatment of his family" , "You miserable skunk!" , "A scummy rabble" , "A scurvy trick"

4.

Of very poor quality or condition. Synonyms: deplorable, execrable, woeful, wretched. "Woeful treatment of the accused" , "Woeful errors of judgment"

5.

Characterized by physical misery. Synonym: wretched. "Spent a wretched night on the floor"

6.

Contemptibly small in amount. Synonyms: measly, paltry. "The company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief" , "A paltry wage" , "Almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

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