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miserable |
Overview of adj miserable The adj miserable has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (3) miserable, 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") 2. (1) hapless, miserable, 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"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life") 3. (1) abject, low low-down, miserable, 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") 4. deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched -- (of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment") 5. miserable, wretched -- (characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor") 6. measly, miserable, paltry -- (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") Antonyms of adj miserable 6 senses of miserable Sense 1 miserable, suffering, wretched INDIRECT (VIA unhappy) -> happy Sense 2 hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched INDIRECT (VIA unfortunate) -> fortunate Sense 3 abject, low low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy INDIRECT (VIA contemptible) -> estimable Sense 4 deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched INDIRECT (VIA inferior) -> superior Sense 5 miserable, wretched INDIRECT (VIA uncomfortable) -> comfortable, comfy Sense 6 measly, miserable, paltry INDIRECT (VIA meager) -> ample Similarity of adj miserable 6 senses of miserable Sense 1 miserable, suffering, wretched => unhappy (vs. happy) Sense 2 hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched => unfortunate (vs. fortunate) Sense 3 abject, low low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy => contemptible (vs. estimable) Sense 4 deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched => inferior (vs. superior) Sense 5 miserable, wretched => uncomfortable (vs. comfortable) Sense 6 measly, miserable, paltry => meager (vs. ample), meagre, meagerly Attributes of adj miserable Familiarity of adj miserable miserable used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj miserable miserable Overview of adj miserable The adj miserable has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (3) miserable, 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") 2. (1) hapless, miserable, 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"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life") 3. (1) abject, low low-down, miserable, 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") 4. deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched -- (of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment") 5. miserable, wretched -- (characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor") 6. measly, miserable, paltry -- (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")
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