adj.
- wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable.
▸causing unhappiness or discomfort.
▸habitually morose.
- pitiably small or inadequate.
▸contemptible.
▸Austral./NZ & Scottish miserly.
Derivative
- miserableness n.
- miserably adv.
Etymology
ME: from Fr. misérable, from L. miserabilis ‘pitiable’, from miserari ‘to pity’, from miser ‘wretched’.
