miserable
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
very unhappy; full of misery
he felt depressed and miserable
Related & opposite
- wretchedness derivation
- unhappy similar to
Sense 2 adjective
deserving or inciting pity
a hapless victim
Related & opposite
- pity derivation
- pity derivation
- wretchedness derivation
- unfortunate similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of the most contemptible kind
abject cowardice
Related & opposite
- contemptible similar to
Sense 4 adjective
of very poor quality or condition
deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
Related & opposite
- wretchedness derivation
- wretchedness derivation
- inferior similar to
Sense 5 adjective
characterized by physical misery
a wet miserable weekend
Related & opposite
- wretchedness derivation
- wretchedness derivation
- uncomfortable similar to
Sense 6 adjective
contemptibly small in amount
a measly tip
Related & opposite
- paltriness derivation
- meager similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wretchedness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unhappy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wretchedness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unfortunate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | contemptible |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wretchedness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wretchedness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | inferior |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wretchedness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wretchedness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | uncomfortable |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | paltriness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | meager |