Miserable

//ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl//

Synonyms for "miserable" (495 found)

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Closest matches (99)

unhappy contemptible deplorable wretched low down abject abominable adverse afflicted antagonistic arrant atrocious awful bad base beggarly beneath contempt bitter broken-hearted cheap

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cheerless cheesy common conflicting contrary counter counteractive crummy crushed cut up

Adjective(68 words)

unhappy woeful atrabiliary atrabilious cheap cheerless deplorable depressing disconsolate dismal doleful dolesome forlorn gloomy joyless low lugubrious mean melancholy mournful

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Adjective(1 words)

abject

Strong matches (149)

Adjective(91 words)

damp dark dedecorous degraded dejected depressed deridable derisible desolate despicable despisable despondent dire dirty discreditable disdainable disgraceful disgruntled disheartened dishonorable

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debased deep-troubled degraded dejected depraved depressed desolate despairing desperate despicable despondent detrimental difficult dirty disconsolate discontented disgraceful disgusting dismal doleful

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Adjective(3 words)

deplorable execrable hapless

Related words (247)

Adjective(139 words)

like a fart in a windstorm loathsome low-spirited lucripetous ludicrous lumpish maladroit maudlin meager mean-spirited melancholic minor mirthless miserly money-hungry moody mopey morose murrain narrow-fisted

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negative negligible niggardly nipcheese no joke nondescript noob nothingburger obscene outrageous paltry parsimonious passionate pathetic pathetisad peak peddling penny-pinching penny-wise penurious petty picayune picayunish piddling piddly piggish pissant pitisome plaintive plebeian pointless putrid querulous rapacious regrettable reprehensible reptile reptilian reptitious ridiculous risible roynish rubbish rueful saddened saddening scald scandalous scornworthy scrooge-like scrubby scummy scurvy selfish shameful sharp-set shattered silly simple slavish sleazy slight slimy snippy solitary somber sorrow-ridden sorrowsome sorry stern still got one's communion money stingy sunless swear tenth-rate threnetic threnetical tight tight as a tick tight-fisted tighter than dick's hatband tin-pot tragic trashy trifling triste tristful trivial two-bit ugly unable uncommendable unconsolable uncool ungenerous ungiving unimportant unlively unmentionable unmerry unprofessional unqualified unskilled unskillful unsophisticated unutterable unwashed unweighty unworthy upsetting vain vile voracious vulgar weak wintry wistful woe worthless

little lousy low low-down low-spirited luckless lumpen mangy meager mean measly melancholy meretricious mirthless misfortunate monstrous mournful nefarious not easy obnoxious

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Adjective(15 words)

low low-down measly misfortunate paltry pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful poor scummy scurvy suffering woeful wretched

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

4 entries

deplorable misfortunate unhappy wretched

Related terms

2 entries

miser misery

derived

12 entries

immiseration immiserization mimsy miserabilism miserabilist miserability miserable as a wet hen miserableness miserablism miserablist miserably unmiserable

motivated by_goal

1 entries

of cold

related to

15 entries

avaricious bad ill incompetent mean miserly misery niggardly poor sad unhappiness unskilled worthless wretch wretched

similar

13 entries

contemptible inferior meager meagerly meagre scrimpy stingy uncomfortable unfortunate unhappy

Translations

113 translations across 53 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

miserabel adj (in a state of misery)
miserabel adj (very bad (at))

Ancient Greek

4 entries

δύστηνος adj (in a state of misery)
μέλεος adj (in a state of misery)
ἄθλιος adj (in a state of misery)
ἄθλιος adj (wretched)

Arabic

3 entries

بَائِس adj (in a state of misery)
مسْكين adj (in a state of misery)
مسْكينة adj (in a state of misery)

Armenian

1 entries

դժբախտ adj (in a state of misery)

Asturian

2 entries

cativu adj (in a state of misery)
mísere adj (in a state of misery)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

acınacaqlı adj (in a state of misery)
miskin adj (in a state of misery)

Bulgarian

3 entries

злочест adj (in a state of misery)
лош adj (very bad (at))
окаян adj (in a state of misery)

Catalan

3 entries

desgraciat adj (in a state of misery)
miserable adj (in a state of misery)
trist adj (in a state of misery)

Chinese

3 entries

悲慘 /悲惨 adj (in a state of misery)
慘 /惨 adj (in a state of misery)
淒慘 /凄惨/悽慘 /凄惨 adj (in a state of misery)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

悲慘 /悲惨 adj (in a state of misery)
慘 /惨 adj (in a state of misery)
淒慘 /凄惨/悽慘 /凄惨 adj (in a state of misery)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

悲慘 /悲惨 adj (in a state of misery)
慘 /惨 adj (in a state of misery)
淒慘 /凄惨/悽慘 /凄惨 adj (in a state of misery)

Cornish

1 entries

moredhek adj (in a state of misery)

Czech

3 entries

bědný adj (in a state of misery)
mizerný adj (very bad (at))
nešťastný adj (in a state of misery)

Danish

1 entries

elendig adj (in a state of misery)

Esperanto

1 entries

mizera adj (in a state of misery)

Finnish

4 entries

avuton adj (very bad (at))
kurja adj (in a state of misery)
kurja adj (very bad (at))
kurja adj (wretched)

French

1 entries

misérable adj (in a state of misery)

Galician

1 entries

miserábel adj (in a state of misery)

German

4 entries

elend adj (in a state of misery)
erbärmlich adj (in a state of misery)
jämmerlich adj (in a state of misery)
miserabel adj (in a state of misery)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃 adj (in a state of misery)

Greek

3 entries

άθλιος adj (in a state of misery)
αξιοθρήνητος adj (very bad (at))
κακός adj (very bad (at))

Gujarati

2 entries

કંગાળ adj (in a state of misery)
દુઃખી adj (in a state of misery)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

mizerab adj (in a state of misery)

Hakka Chinese

3 entries

悲慘 /悲惨 adj (in a state of misery)
慘 /惨 adj (in a state of misery)
淒慘 /凄惨/悽慘 /凄惨 adj (in a state of misery)

Hebrew

4 entries

אֻמְלָל adj (in a state of misery)
גרוע adj (very bad (at))
מחורבן adj (very bad (at))
מסכן adj (in a state of misery)

Hindi

2 entries

उदास adj (in a state of misery)
दुःखी adj (in a state of misery)

Hungarian

3 entries

gyatra adj (very bad (at))
nyomorult adj (in a state of misery)
pocsék adj (very bad (at))

Icelandic

3 entries

ömurleg adj (in a state of misery)
ömurlegt adj (in a state of misery)
ömurlegur adj (in a state of misery)

Irish

4 entries

aimléiseach adj (in a state of misery)
ainnis adj (in a state of misery)
anóiteach adj (in a state of misery)
dearóil adj (wretched)

Japanese

3 entries

下手な adj (very bad (at))
悲惨な adj (in a state of misery)
惨めな adj (in a state of misery)

Korean

1 entries

불행한 상황 adj (in a state of misery)

Latin

2 entries

miser adj (in a state of misery)
miser adj (wretched)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡤᠣᠰᡳᡥᠣᠨ adj (in a state of misery)

Middle English

2 entries

myschevous adj (in a state of misery)
myschevous adj (wretched)

Māori

3 entries

kōtonga adj (in a state of misery)
tiwhatiwha adj (in a state of misery)
tureikura adj (wretched)

Norman

1 entries

mînséthabl'ye adj (in a state of misery)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

kummerlig adj (in a state of misery)

Old English

1 entries

earm adj (in a state of misery)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

فقیر adj (in a state of misery)

Polish

2 entries

nieszczęśliwy adj (in a state of misery)
nędzny adj (in a state of misery)

Portuguese

2 entries

horrível adj (very bad (at))
miserável adj (in a state of misery)

Romanian

3 entries

mizer adj (in a state of misery)
mizerabil adj (in a state of misery)
nenorocit adj (in a state of misery)

Russian

3 entries

бе́дный adj (in a state of misery)
несча́стный adj (in a state of misery)
неуме́лый adj (very bad (at))

Sanskrit

1 entries

दीन adj (in a state of misery)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

brònach adj (in a state of misery)

Spanish

1 entries

miserable adj (in a state of misery)

Tocharian B

1 entries

anās adj (in a state of misery)

Tày

1 entries

cáo vá adj (in a state of misery)

Ukrainian

2 entries

неща́сна adj (in a state of misery)
неща́сний adj (in a state of misery)

Vietnamese

1 entries

khốn khổ adj (in a state of misery)

Volapük

1 entries

miserabik adj (in a state of misery)

Walloon

4 entries

minåve adj (in a state of misery)
mizeråve adj (in a state of misery)
pôvriteus adj (in a state of misery)
pôvriteuse adj (in a state of misery)

Welsh

1 entries

penisel adj (in a state of misery)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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A miserable sequence of defeats discouraged us.

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The experiment resulted in a miserable failure.

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The sight was too miserable to look at.

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Kate glanced at Chris and then ignored him, making him feel miserable.

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