definition of
miserable

[1] #1 miserable s. [suffering, wretched] very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages". wn

[2] #2 miserable s. [hapless, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched] 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 d. wn

[3] #3 miserable s. [abject, low, low-down, scummy, scurvy] 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". wn

[4] #4 miserable s. [deplorable, execrable, woeful, wretched] of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment". wn

[5] #5 miserable s. [wretched] characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor". wn