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]