Miserable: alternatives and connections

Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.

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Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.

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Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

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Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

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Alt. of Meagre

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Alt. of Meagre

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Alt. of Meagrely

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Alt. of Meagrely

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Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.

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Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.

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Stinging; able to sting.

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Stinging; able to sting.

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Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on account of one's position.

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Feeling discomfort; uneasy; as, to be uncomfortable on account of one's position.

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Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…

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Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…

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Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

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Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

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Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

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Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

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Cast down; low-lying.

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Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.

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Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch.

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Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid.

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strong imp. of Laugh.

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Infected with measles.

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Producing misfortune.

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Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold.

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Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

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Pious; devout.

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Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchednes…

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Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.

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Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

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Covered with scum; of the nature of scum.

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Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.

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of Suffer

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Alt. of Woful

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Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

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Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.

Miserable overlaps with sad, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.