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miserable

Definition

  • adjective: very unhappy
  • adjective: being in a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness (as from want or shame)
  • synonyms: abject, abominable, adverse

Examples

  • My boss is making my life thoroughly/utterly 'miserable' with her constant demands and criticism.

  • She drank too much and felt 'miserable' [='wretched, rotten'] the next day.

  • We've been having 'miserable' weather. = The weather has been 'miserable'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,No blasted letters today! No, sir. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Not one single bloody letter. Not one! Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,No, sir, not one blasted, miserable-- Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Make it stop, please! (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone