miserable Definition

miserable
adj

1a. Said of a person: very unhappy;

Thesaurus: abject, discontented, anguished, crestfallen, forlorn, despondent, disconsolate, melancholy, suffering; Antonym: happy.
1b. Said of a person: habitually bad-tempered or depressed.
2. Marked by great unhappiness.

Example: a miserable life
3. Causing unhappiness or discomfort.

Example: miserable weather
4. Marked by poverty or squalor.

Example: miserable living conditions
Thesaurus: poor, inferior, sorry, worthless, shoddy; pitiable, wretched, unfortunate, hard, shameful, disgraceful; Antonym: comfortable, well-appointed.
5. Contemptible.

Example: The show was a miserable failure
6. dialect
Ungenerous; mean.

Derivative: miserably
adverb

Etymology: 16c: from French misérable, from Latin miserabilis, from miser; see miser.