miserable

Definitions

1. In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor
2. A miserable person; a wretch.
3. Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent; hopeless
4. A state of misery or melancholy.
   in-plural, informal, with-definite-article
5. Of the weather, extremely unpleasant due to being cold, wet, overcast, etc
6. Wretched; worthless; mean; contemptible
7. Causing unhappiness or misery

Equivalents

Examples

“Dona Carmen repaired to the balcony to chat and jest with, and at, these miserables, who stopped before the door to rest⟳ in their progress⟳. All pretended poverty while literally groaning under the weight of their riches.”

“The charge that those who played Jesus in these representations were treated badly by the plays' Jews and Romans left one commissioner cold: in his view⟳, these miserables were beaten much less severely by the players than they were by their actual lords or curacas.”

“By 3:00 P.M. both DeeDee and Sandra's pants were thoroughly soaked, and this unhappy circumstance gave DeeDee a bad case of the miserables.”

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