miserable


miserable (http://definr.com/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";
        "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "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]