English-Thai Dictionary
mise
N การ ตกลง ข้อความ ตามคำสั่ง
mise en scene
N การ จัดฉาก บน เวที kan-jad-chak-bon-we-te
misease
N ความทุกข์ กาย และ ใจ ความยากจน
miser
N คน ตระหนี่ คน ขี้เหนียว คน โลภ churl niggard benefactor kon-tre-ne
miserable
ADJ ทุกข์ยาก เป็นทุกข์ ยากแค้น ลำเค็ญ เดือดร้อน distressed afflicted ill joyful happy tuk-yak
miserableness
N ความทุกข์ยาก kwam-tuk-yak
miserably
ADV อย่าง ทุกข์ยาก yang-tuk-yak
miserere
N หนังสือ Psalm บทที่ 51 ใน ไบเบิล หรือ บทที่ 50 ใน Douay Bible การสวดมนต์ ขอ ความเมตตา
misericorde
N ส่วน ยื่น ใต้ ม้านั่ง ใน โบสถ์ กริชช นิดหนึ่ง ใน สมัยก่อน misericord
misericordia
N ความ เมตตากรุณา ความสงสาร
miserliness
N ความตระหนี่ economy frugality kwam-tre-ne
miserly
ADJ ตระหนี่ ขี้เหนียว งก frugal stingy generous charitable tre-ne
misery
N ความทุกข์ยาก ความยากแค้น ความเดือดร้อน ความ ลำเค็ญ ความทุกข์ทรมาน การ ไม่ มีความสุข อย่างมาก suffering agony pleasure joy happiness kwam-tuk-yak
misestimate
VT ประเมิน ผิด คาด ผิด คำนวณ ผิด miscalculate misread pra-moen-pid
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MISE
n.meze. [L. mitto.] 1. In law, an issue to be tried at the grand assize.
2. Expense; cost.
3. A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid in the county Palatine of Chester at the change of the owner of the earldoms.
MISEMPLOY
v.t.To employ to no purpose, or to a bad purpose; as, to misemploy time, power, advantages, talents, etc.
MISEMPLOYED
pp. Used to no purpose, or to a bad one.
MISEMPLOYING
ppr. Using to no purpose, or to a bad one.
MISEMPLOYMENT
n.Ill employment; application to no purpose, or to a bad purpose.
MISENTRY
n.An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.
MISER
n.s as z. [L. miser, miserable. ] A miserable person; one wretched or afflicted. 1. A wretch; a mean fellow.
2. An extremely covetous person; a sordid wretch; a niggard; one who in wealth makes himself miserable by the fear of poverty. [This is the only sense in which it is now used. ]
No silver saints by dying misers given.
MISERABALE
a.s as z. [L. miser, miserabilis.] 1. Very unhappy from grief, pain, calamity, poverty, apprehension of evil, or other cause. It however expresses somewhat less than wretched.
What hopes delude thee, miserable man?
2. Very poor; worthless.
Miserable comforters are ye all. Job 16:2.
3. Causing unhappiness or misery.
What's more miserable than discontent?
4. Very poor or mean; as a miserable hut; miserable clothing.
5. Very poor or barren; as a miserable soil.
6. Very low or despicable; as a miserable person.
MISERABLENESS
n.State of misery; poorness.
MISERABLY
adv. Unhappily; calamitously. The fifth was miserably stabbed to death.
1. Very poorly or meanly; wretchedly. They were miserably entertained.
2. In misery or unhappiness.
MISERLY
a.[See Miser. ] Very covetous; sordid; niggardly; parsimonious.
MISERY
n.s as z. [L. miseria. ] 1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind. A man suffers misery from the gout, or from great afflictions, distress, calamity, and other evils. Misery expresses somewhat less than wretchedness.
Misery is as really the fruit of vice reigning in the heart, as tares are the produce of tares sown in the field.
2. Calamity; misfortune; natural evils which are the cause of misery.
And mourn the miseries of human life.
3. Covetousness. [Not used. ]
MISESTIMATE
v.t.To estimate erroneously.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MISE
Mise, n. Etym: [F. mise a putting, setting, expense, fr. mis, mise, p. p. of mettre to put, lay, fr. LL. mittere to send. ]
1. (Law )
Defn: The issue in a writ of right.
2. Expense; cost; disbursement. [Obs. ]
3. A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the country palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the earldom. [Obs. ]
MISEASE
Mis *ease ", n. Etym: [OE. mesaise, OF. mesaise.]
Defn: Want of ease; discomfort; misery. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
MISEASED
MISEASED Mis *eased ", a.
Defn: Having discomfort or misery; troubled. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
MISEASY
MISEASY Mis *eas "y, a.
Defn: Not easy; painful. [Obs. ]
MISEDITION
MISEDITION Mis `e *di "tion, n.
Defn: An incorrect or spurious edition. [Obs. ] Bp. Hall.
MISEDUCATE
MISEDUCATE Mis *ed "u *cate, v. t.
Defn: To educate in a wrong manner.
MISEMPLOY
MISEMPLOY Mis `em *ploy ", v. t.
Defn: To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc. Their frugal father's gains they misemploy. Dryden.
MISEMPLOYMENT
MISEMPLOYMENT Mis `em *ploy "ment, n.
Defn: Wrong or mistaken employment. Johnson.
MISENTER
MISENTER Mis *en "ter, v. t.
Defn: To enter or insert wrongly, as a charge in an account.
MISENTREAT
MISENTREAT Mis `en *treat ", v. t.
Defn: To treat wrongfully. [Obs. ] Grafton.
MISENTRY
MISENTRY Mis *en "try, n.
Defn: An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.
MISER
Mi "ser, n. Etym: [L. miser wretched, miserable; cf. Gr. misero wretched, avaricious. ]
1. A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune. [Obs. ] Spenser. The woeful words of a miser now despairing. Sir P. Sidney.
2. A despicable person; a wretch. [Obs. ] Shak.
3. A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp. , one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard. As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er. Goldsmith.
4. A kind of large earth auger. Knight.
MISERABLE
Mis "er *a *ble, a. Etym: [F. misérable, L. miserabilis, fr. miserari to lament, pity, fr. miser wretched. See Miser. ]
1. Very unhappy; wretched. What hopes delude thee, miserable man Dryden.
2. Causing unhappiness or misery. What 's more miserable than discontent Shak.
3. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner. Miserable comforters are ye all. Job xvi. 2.
4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obs. ] Hooker.
Syn. -- Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched.
MISERABLE
MISERABLE Mis "er *a *ble, n.
Defn: A miserable person. [Obs. ] Sterne.
MISERABLENESS
MISERABLENESS Mis "er *a *ble *ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being miserable.
MISERABLY
MISERABLY Mis "er *a *bly, adv.
Defn: In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly. They were miserably entertained. Sir P. Sidney. The fifth was miserably stabbed to death. South.
MISERATION
MISERATION Mis `er *a "tion, n.
Defn: Commiseration. [Obs. ]
MISERERE
Mis `e *re "re, n. Etym: [L., have mercy, fr. misereri to have mercy, fr. miser. See Miser. ]
1. (R. C. Ch. )
Defn: The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 5 th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere.
2. A musical composition adapted to the 5 th psalm. Where only the wind signs miserere. Lowell.
3. (Arch. )
Defn: A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall ). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia.
4. (Med. )
Defn: Same as Ileus.
MISERICORDE
Mis "er *i *corde ", n. Etym: [F. miséricorde. See Misericordia. ]
1. Compassion; pity; mercy. [Obs. ]
2. (Anc. Armor. )
Defn: Same as Misericordia, 2.
MISERICORDIA
Mis `e *ri *cor "di *a, n. Etym: [L., mercy, compassion; miser wretched +cor, cordis, heart. ]
1. (O. Law )
Defn: An amercement. Burrill.
2. (Anc. Armor. )
Defn: A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or "mercy " stroke to a fallen adversary.
3. (Eccl.)
Defn: An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order. Shipley.
MISERLY
Mi "ser *ly, a. Etym: [From Miser. ]
Defn: Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
Syn. -- Avaricious; niggardly; sordid; parsimonious; penurious; covetous; stingy; mean. See Avaricious.
MISERY
Mi "ser *y, n.; pl. Miseries. Etym: [OE. miserie, L. miseria, fr. miser wretched: cf. F. misère, OF. also, miserie.]
1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. Chaucer. Destruction and misery are in their ways. Rom. iii. 16.
2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes. Shak.
3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obs. ]
Syn. -- Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish; distress; calamity; misfortune.
MISESTEEM
Mis `es *teem ", n. Etym: [Cf. F. mésestime.]
Defn: Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.
MISESTIMATE
MISESTIMATE Mis *es "ti *mate, v. t.
Defn: To estimate erroneously. J. S. Mill.
MISEXPLANATION
MISEXPLANATION Mis *ex `pla *na "tion, n.
Defn: An erroneous explanation.
MISEXPLICATION
MISEXPLICATION Mis *ex `pli *ca "tion, n.
Defn: Wrong explication.
MISEXPOSITION
MISEXPOSITION Mis *ex `po *si "tion, n.
Defn: Wrong exposition.
MISEXPOUND
MISEXPOUND Mis `ex *pound ", v. t.
Defn: To expound erroneously.
MISEXPRESSION
MISEXPRESSION Mis `ex *pres "sion, n.
Defn: Wrong expression.
New American Oxford Dictionary
miseducate
mis ed u cate |misˈejəˌkāt ˌmɪsˈɛʤəkeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] educate, teach, or inform wrongly. DERIVATIVES mis ed u ca tion |ˌmisˌejəˈkāSHən |noun, mis ed u ca tive |-ˈejəˌkātiv |adjective
mise en place
mise en place |ˌmiːz ɒ̃ ˈplas, French miz ɑ̃ plas | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] (in a professional kitchen ) the preparation of dishes and ingredients before the beginning of service. ORIGIN French, literally ‘putting in place ’.
mise en scène
mise en scène |ˌmēz ˌäN ˈsen ˈmizɑnˌsɛn | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play. • the setting or surroundings of an event or action. ORIGIN French, literally ‘putting on stage. ’
misemploy
mis em ploy |ˌmisˌimˈploi ˌmɪsɛmˈplɔɪ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] employ or use (something ) wrongly or improperly. DERIVATIVES mis em ploy ment noun
miser
mi ser |ˈmīzər ˈmaɪzər | ▶noun a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘miserly ’): from Latin, literally ‘wretched. ’
miserabilism
mis er a bi lism |ˈmiz (ə )rəbəˌlizəm ˈmɪzərəbəlɪzəm | ▶noun gloomy pessimism or negativity: the duo spent much of the eighties exploring the lonely outer reaches of miserabilism. DERIVATIVES mis er a bi list noun & adjective
miserable
mis er a ble |ˈmiz (ə )rəbəl ˈmɪz (ə )rəbəl | ▶adjective 1 (of a person ) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable: their happiness made Anne feel even more miserable. • (of a situation or environment ) causing someone to feel wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable: horribly wet and miserable conditions. • (of a person ) habitually morose: a miserable man in his late sixties. 2 pitiably small or inadequate: all they pay me is a miserable $10,000 a year. • [ attrib. ] contemptible (used as a term of abuse or for emphasis ): you miserable old creep! DERIVATIVES mis er a ble ness noun, mis er a bly |-blē |adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from French misérable, from Latin miserabilis ‘pitiable, ’ from miserari ‘to pity, ’ from miser ‘wretched. ’
misère
misère |mɪˈzɛː | ▶noun (in solo whist ) a bid by which a player undertakes to win no tricks. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: French, literally ‘poverty or misery ’.
misère ouverte
misère ouverte |mɪˌzɛː uːˈvɛːt | ▶noun (in solo whist ) a bid by which a player undertakes to win no tricks, playing with all their cards exposed on the table. ORIGIN from misère + French ouverte (feminine ) ‘open (to view )’.
miserere
mis e re re |ˌmizəˈre (ə )rē, -ˈri (ə )rē ˌmɪzəˈrɛri | ▶noun 1 (also Miserere ) a psalm in which mercy is sought, esp. Psalm 51 or the music written for it. 2 another term for misericord ( sense 1 ). ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin, ‘have mercy!, ’ imperative of misereri, from miser ‘wretched. ’
misericord
mis er i cord |məˈzeriˌkôrd ˈmɪzərəkɔrd | ▶noun 1 a ledge projecting from the underside of a hinged seat in a choir stall that, when the seat is turned up, gives support to someone standing. 2 historical an apartment in a monastery in which some relaxations of the monastic rule are permitted. 3 historical a small dagger used to deliver a death stroke to a wounded enemy. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting pity ): from Old French misericorde, from Latin misericordia, from misericors ‘compassionate, ’ from the stem of misereri ‘to pity ’ + cor, cord- ‘heart. ’
miserliness
mi ser li ness |ˈmīzərlēnis ˈmaɪzərlinɪs | ▶noun excessive desire to save money; extreme meanness: the party earned a damaging reputation for miserliness by cutting pensions. • the quality of being small or inadequate; meagerness: the relative miserliness of the prizes involved.
miserly
mi ser ly |ˈmīzərlē ˈmaɪzərli | ▶adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser: his miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly $1 million. • (of a quantity ) pitiably small or inadequate: last year's miserly growth in sales.
misery
mis er y |ˈmiz (ə )rē ˈmɪz (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. miseries ) a state or feeling of great distress or discomfort of mind or body: she went upstairs and cried in misery | he wrote endlessly about his frustrations and miseries. • (usu. miseries ) a cause or source of great distress or discomfort: the miseries of war. PHRASES make someone's life a misery (or make life a misery for someone ) cause someone severe distress by continued unpleasantness or harassment. put someone /something out of their misery end the suffering of a person or animal in pain by killing them. • informal release someone from suspense or anxiety by telling them something they are anxious to know. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French miserie, from Latin miseria, from miser ‘wretched. ’
misestimate
mis |esti ¦mate ▶verb [ with obj. ] make an incorrect estimate of: it became clear that we'd misestimated the difficulty of the project. DERIVATIVES misestimation noun
Oxford Dictionary
miseducate
mis |edu ¦cate |mɪsˈɛdjʊkeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] educate, teach, or inform (someone ) wrongly. DERIVATIVES miseducation noun, miseducative adjective
mise en place
mise en place |ˌmiːz ɒ̃ ˈplas, French miz ɑ̃ plas | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] (in a professional kitchen ) the preparation of dishes and ingredients before the beginning of service. ORIGIN French, literally ‘putting in place ’.
mise en scène
mise en scène |ˌmiːz ɒ̃ ˈsɛn, French miz ɑ̃ sɛn | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play. • the setting or surroundings of an event. ORIGIN French, literally ‘putting on stage ’.
misemploy
mis |em ¦ploy |mɪsɪmˈplɔɪ, -ɛm- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] employ or use (something ) wrongly or improperly. DERIVATIVES misemployment noun
miser
miser |ˈmʌɪzə | ▶noun a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘miserly ’): from Latin, literally ‘wretched ’.
miserabilism
mis |er ¦abil |ism |ˈmɪz (ə )rəbɪlɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] gloomy pessimism or negativity: the duo spent much of the eighties exploring the lonely outer reaches of miserabilism. DERIVATIVES miserabilist |ˈmɪz (ə )rəbɪlɪst |noun & adjective
miserable
mis ¦er |able |ˈmɪz (ə )rəb (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 (of a person ) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable: their happiness made Anne feel even more miserable. • causing unhappiness or discomfort: horribly wet and miserable conditions. • (of a person ) habitually morose: a miserable man in his late sixties. 2 pitiably small or inadequate: all they pay me is a miserable £8,000 a year. • Austral. /NZ & Scottish miserly: a lousy dollar a day — could any government be more miserable? 3 [ attrib. ] contemptible (used as a term of abuse or for emphasis ): you miserable old creep! DERIVATIVES miserableness noun, miserably adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from French misérable, from Latin miserabilis ‘pitiable ’, from miserari ‘to pity ’, from miser ‘wretched ’.
misère
misère |mɪˈzɛː | ▶noun (in solo whist ) a bid by which a player undertakes to win no tricks. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: French, literally ‘poverty or misery ’.
misère ouverte
misère ouverte |mɪˌzɛː uːˈvɛːt | ▶noun (in solo whist ) a bid by which a player undertakes to win no tricks, playing with all their cards exposed on the table. ORIGIN from misère + French ouverte (feminine ) ‘open (to view )’.
miserere
miserere |ˌmɪzəˈrɪəri, -ˈrɛː -| ▶noun 1 a psalm in which mercy is sought, especially Psalm 51 or the music written for it. 2 another term for misericord ( sense 1 ). ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin, ‘have mercy! ’, imperative of misereri, from miser ‘wretched ’.
misericord
misericord |mɪˈzɛrɪkɔːd | ▶noun 1 a ledge projecting from the underside of a hinged seat in a choir stall which, when the seat is turned up, gives support to someone standing. 2 historical an apartment in a monastery in which some relaxations of the monastic rule were permitted. 3 historical a small dagger used to deliver a death stroke to a wounded enemy. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting pity ): from Old French misericorde, from Latin misericordia, from misericors ‘compassionate ’, from the stem of misereri ‘to pity ’ + cor, cord- ‘heart ’.
miserliness
miser ¦li |ness |ˈmʌɪzəlɪnɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] excessive desire to save money; extreme meanness: the party earned a damaging reputation for miserliness by cutting pensions. • the quality of being small or inadequate; meagreness: the relative miserliness of the prizes involved.
miserly
miser ¦ly |ˈmʌɪzəli | ▶adjective of or characteristic of a miser: his miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly £1 million. • (of a quantity ) pitiably small or inadequate: the prize for the winner will be a miserly £3,500.
misery
mis ¦ery |ˈmɪz (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. miseries ) [ mass noun ] a state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort: a man who had brought her nothing but misery | the misery of the miner's existence. • [ count noun ] (usu. miseries ) a cause or source of great distress or discomfort: the miseries of war. • [ count noun ] Brit. informal a person who is constantly miserable or discontented: have we really been such a bunch of miseries to work with? PHRASES make someone's life a misery (or make life a misery for someone ) cause someone severe distress by continued unpleasantness or harassment. put someone /thing out of their misery end the suffering of a person or animal in pain by killing them. • informal release someone from suspense or anxiety by telling them something they are anxious to know. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French miserie, from Latin miseria, from miser ‘wretched ’.
misestimate
mis |esti ¦mate ▶verb [ with obj. ] make an incorrect estimate of: it became clear that we'd misestimated the difficulty of the project. DERIVATIVES misestimation noun
American Oxford Thesaurus
miser
miser noun one wonders how happy a miser could ever be: penny-pincher, Scrooge, pinchpenny; informal skinflint, money-grubber, cheapskate, tightwad, piker. ANTONYMS spendthrift.
miserable
miserable adjective 1 I'm too miserable to eat: unhappy, sad, sorrowful, dejected, depressed, downcast, downhearted, down, despondent, disconsolate, wretched, glum, gloomy, dismal, melancholy, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, heartbroken; informal blue, down in /at the mouth, down in the dumps. ANTONYMS happy, contented. 2 their miserable surroundings: dreary, dismal, gloomy, drab, wretched, depressing, grim, cheerless, bleak, desolate; poor, shabby, squalid, seedy, dilapidated; informal flea-bitten. ANTONYMS luxurious. 3 miserable weather: unpleasant, disagreeable, depressing; wet, rainy, stormy; informal rotten. ANTONYMS glorious, lovely. 4 a miserable old grouch: grumpy, sullen, gloomy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, dour, surly, sour, glum, moody, unsociable, saturnine, lugubrious, irritable, churlish, cantankerous, crotchety, cross, crabby, cranky, grouchy, testy, peevish, crusty, waspish. ANTONYMS cheerful, good-natured. 5 miserable wages: inadequate, meager, scanty, paltry, small, poor, pitiful, niggardly; informal measly, stingy, pathetic; formal exiguous. ANTONYMS generous, adequate. 6 all that fuss about a few miserable dollars: wretched, confounded; informal blithering, blessed, damned, blasted; dated accursed. WORD TOOLKIT See melancholy . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
miserly
miserly adjective 1 his miserly uncle: mean, niggardly, close-fisted, parsimonious, penny-pinching, cheeseparing, Scroogelike; informal tightfisted, stingy, tight, mingy, money-grubbing, cheap; formal penurious. ANTONYMS generous. 2 the prize is a miserly $300. See meager (sense 1 ). CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See economical . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.
misery
misery noun 1 periods of intense misery: unhappiness, distress, wretchedness, suffering, anguish, anxiety, angst, torment, pain, grief, heartache, heartbreak, despair, despondency, dejection, depression, desolation, gloom, melancholy, melancholia, woe, sadness, sorrow; informal the dumps, the blues; literary dolor. ANTONYMS contentment, pleasure. 2 the miseries of war: affliction, misfortune, difficulty, problem, ordeal, trouble, hardship, deprivation; pain, sorrow, trial, tribulation, woe.
Oxford Thesaurus
miser
miser noun a typical miser, he hid his money in the house in various places: penny-pincher, pinchpenny, niggard, cheese-parer, Scrooge; hoarder, saver, collector, gatherer, accumulator, magpie, squirrel; ascetic, puritan; informal skinflint, meanie, money-grubber, cheapskate; N. Amer. informal tightwad; vulgar slang tight-arse. ANTONYMS spendthrift; philanthropist.
miserable
miserable adjective 1 I'm too miserable to eat: unhappy, sad, sorrowful, dejected, depressed, downcast, downhearted, down, despondent, despairing, disconsolate, out of sorts, desolate, bowed down, wretched, glum, gloomy, dismal, blue, melancholy, melancholic, low-spirited, mournful, woeful, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, crestfallen, broken-hearted, heartbroken, inconsolable, luckless, grief-stricken; informal down in the mouth, down in the dumps. ANTONYMS happy, contented. 2 their miserable surroundings: dreary, dismal, dark, gloomy, drab, sombre, wretched, depressing, grim, cheerless, godforsaken, bleak, desolate, joyless, uninviting, discouraging, disheartening, unpromising, hopeless, dire, pathetic, tragic, distressing, grievous; mean, poor, shabby, squalid, filthy, foul, sordid, seedy, dilapidated. ANTONYMS luxurious. 3 those planning day trips face four miserable wet or windy days: unpleasant, disagreeable, displeasing, depressing, uncomfortable; wet, rainy, stormy; informal rotten. ANTONYMS glorious, lovely. 4 he was a good leader, but a miserable old prune on a bad day: grumpy, sullen, sulky, gloomy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, in a bad mood, dour, surly, sour, glum, moody, unsmiling, humourless, uncommunicative, taciturn, unresponsive, unsociable, scowling, glowering, ill-humoured, sombre, sober, saturnine, pessimistic, lugubrious, dismal, irritable, churlish, cantankerous, crotchety, cross, crabbed, crabby, grouchy, testy, snappish, peevish, crusty, waspish; N. English informal mardy; informal, dated mumpish. ANTONYMS cheerful, good-natured. 5 the agricultural working class were forced to work for miserable wages: inadequate, meagre, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, insufficient, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, short, little, lean, small, slight, slender, poor, lamentable, pitiful, puny, niggardly, beggarly; informal measly, stingy, lousy, pathetic, piddling; rare exiguous. ANTONYMS generous, adequate. 6 all that fuss about a few miserable mushrooms: wretched, contemptible, despicable, confounded; informal blithering, flaming, footling, infernal, damned, cursed, accursed. WORD TOOLKIT miserable See melancholy . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
miserliness
miserliness noun miserliness and greed are quickly followed by fear of losing the money: avarice, acquisitiveness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, thrift; meanness, niggardliness, close-fistedness, closeness, penuriousness, illiberality, greed; asceticism, puritanism, masochism; informal stinginess, minginess, tightness, tight-fistedness; N. Amer. cheapness; archaic nearness. ANTONYMS generosity.
miserly
miserly adjective 1 his miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly a million: mean, niggardly, parsimonious, close-fisted; penny-pinching, cheese-paring, grasping, greedy, avaricious, Scrooge-like, ungenerous, illiberal, close; ascetic, puritanical, masochistic; informal stingy, mingy, tight, tight-fisted, money-grubbing, money-grabbing; N. Amer. informal cheap; vulgar slang tight-arsed; archaic near. ANTONYMS spendthrift, generous. 2 the prize for the winner of the women's championship will be a miserly £3,500: meagre, inadequate, paltry, limited, insufficient, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, miserable, lamentable, pitiful, puny, niggardly, beggarly; informal measly, stingy, lousy, pathetic, piddling; rare exiguous. ANTONYMS lavish, huge.
misery
misery noun 1 I went through periods of intense misery: unhappiness, distress, wretchedness, hardship, suffering, affliction, anguish, anxiety, angst, torment, torture, hell, agony, pain, discomfort, deprivation, poverty, grief, heartache, heartbreak, heartbrokenness, despair, despondency, dejection, depression, desolation, gloom, gloominess, low spirits, moroseness, doldrums, melancholy, melancholia, woe, sadness, sorrow; informal the dumps, the blues; literary dolour. ANTONYMS contentment, pleasure. 2 the miseries of war: affliction, misfortune, difficulty, problem, adversity, ordeal, trouble, hardship, deprivation; pain, sorrow, burden, load, blow, trial, tribulation, woe, torment, catastrophe, calamity, disaster, misadventure, mischance, accident, reverse, reverse of fortune, mishap. 3 Brit. informal he's a real old misery: killjoy, dog in the manger, damper, dampener, spoilsport, pessimist, prophet of doom, complainer, moaner, mope; informal sourpuss, grouch, grump, wet blanket, party pooper, doom merchant; rare melancholiac.
Duden Dictionary
Mise
Mi se Substantiv, feminin , die |M i se |die Mise; Genitiv: der Mise, Plural: die Misen französisch mise, substantivierte weibliche Form des 2. Partizips von: mettre = (ein )setzen, stellen, legen 1 einmalige Prämie bei der Lebensversicherung 2 Einsatz bei Glücksspielen
Mise en Scène
Mise en Scène Substantiv, feminin selten , die |mizãˈsɛn |die Mise en Scène; Genitiv: der Mise en Scène, Plural: die Mises en Scène |[mizãˈsɛn ] |französisch Inszenierung
Misel
Mi sel Substantiv, Neutrum , das |M i sel |das Misel; Genitiv: des Misels, Plural: die Misels elsässisch, »Mäuschen «[bei Goethe: ] junges Mädchen, Liebchen
miserabel
mi se ra bel Adjektiv emotional |miser a bel |Adjektiv; Steigerungsformen: miserabler, miserabelste französisch misérable < lateinisch miserabilis = jämmerlich, kläglich, zu: miserari = beklagen, bejammern, zu: miser, Misere a auf ärgerliche Weise sehr schlecht der Wein ist miserabel b [gesundheitlich ] schwach, schlecht ich fühle mich miserabel c niederträchtig, gemein er ist ein ganz miserabler Kerl | er hat sich ihr gegenüber miserabel benommen
Misere
Mi se re Substantiv, feminin bildungssprachlich , die |Mis e re |die Misere; Genitiv: der Misere, Plural: die Miseren französisch misère < lateinisch miseria = Elend, zu: miser = elend unglückliche Situation, bedauernswerte Lage, Notlage eine persönliche Misere | die Misere im Schulwesen
Misereor
Mi se re or Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Mis e reor |das Misereor; Genitiv: des Misereor [s ] lateinisch misereor = ich erbarme mich (1959 gegründete ) katholische Organisation, die mit einem jährlichen Fastenopfer der deutschen Katholiken den Menschen in den Entwicklungsländern helfen will
Miserere
Mi se re re Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Miser e re |das Miserere; Genitiv: des Misereres lateinisch miserere = erbarme dich! 1 Anfang und Bezeichnung des 51. Psalms (Bußpsalm ) in der Vulgata 2 Medizin Koterbrechen bei Darmverschluss
Misericordias Domini
Mi se ri cor di as Do mi ni Substantiv ohne Artikel evangelische Kirche |Miseric o rdias D o mini |ohne Artikel; indeklinabel lateinisch = die Barmherzigkeit des Herrn, nach den ersten Worten des Eingangsverses der Liturgie, Psalm 89, 2 zweiter Sonntag nach Ostern
Miserikordie
Mi se ri kor die Substantiv, feminin , die |Miserik o rdie …i̯ə |[mit Schnitzereien versehener ] Vorsprung an den Klappsitzen des Chorgestühls als Stütze während des Stehens
Miserikordienbild
Mi se ri kor di en bild Substantiv, Neutrum bildende Kunst , das |Miserik o rdienbild |das Miserikordienbild; Genitiv: des Miserikordienbild [e ]s, Plural: die Miserikordienbilder Darstellung Christi als Schmerzensmann
French Dictionary
mise
mise n. f. nom féminin Action de mettre; résultat de cette action. : Une mise en chantier. La mise en pots de confitures maison. LOCUTIONS De mise Convenable, acceptable. : Ces paroles blessantes ne sont pas de mise ici. SYNONYME admissible . Mise à jour. Action de rendre actuel, fait d ’adapter à l ’époque présente. : La mise à jour d ’un dictionnaire. SYNONYME actualisation . Mise à niveau. Aide apportée à un élève dont les connaissances de base comportent des lacunes. : Les élèves qui échouent à l ’épreuve de français doivent suivre des cours de mise à niveau. SYNONYME rattrapage . Mise à niveau. informatique Opération qui consiste à remplacer un système informatique (logiciel, matériel ) ou une partie de celui-ci par un modèle plus puissant ou par une version plus perfectionnée. SYNONYME récupération ; version améliorée . Mise à pied. Cessation temporaire ou définitive du travail. : Des mises à pied économiques (faute de travail ), techniques (faute de matières premières, de pièces ). Mise à prix. Prix minimal demandé dans une vente aux enchères. Mise au point. figuré Clarification, rectification d ’une erreur. : C ’est très confus, il faut faire une mise au point. Mise de fonds. Placement dans une affaire. Mise en candidature. Motion proposant le choix d ’une personne pour remplir une charge élective dans une assemblée délibérante (GDT ). : Une mise en candidature (et non en *nomination ). Mise en liberté. Fin de l ’emprisonnement d ’une personne, d ’un animal. Mise en œuvre. Concrétisation, réalisation de quelque chose. SYNONYME mise en pratique . Mise en ondes. Action de diffuser à la radio ou à la télévision. : La mise en ondes d ’un reportage. Note Grammaticale Dans cette expression, le complément est au pluriel. Mise en pages. typographie Action de disposer les titres, les clichés, le texte, etc. , pour obtenir des pages prêtes à être imprimées. Note Grammaticale Cette expression s ’écrit parfois mise en page. Mise en pages. informatique Action de disposer les données en vue de leur affichage, de leur impression ou de leur mémorisation par un système informatique. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom formatage, en informatique, opération qui consiste à préparer un support physique en vue de lui permettre de recevoir une information selon un format particulier. Mise en plis. Action de coiffer les cheveux. : Une mise en plis réussie. Note Grammaticale Dans cette expression, le complément est au pluriel. Mise en scène. Réalisation d ’une œuvre au théâtre, au cinéma, à la télévision. Mise en service. Action de faire fonctionner. : La mise en service d ’une centrale hydroélectrique. FORME FAUTIVE mise en nomination. Impropriété pour mise en candidature.
miser
miser v. tr. verbe transitif direct Déposer comme enjeu. : Miser 100 $ sur un cheval. SYNONYME gager ; parier . verbe transitif indirect Se fonder sur. : Miser sur la compétence d ’un collaborateur. SYNONYME compter . Note Syntaxique Le verbe se construit avec la préposition sur. aimer
misérable
misérable adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Qui est dans la misère, très pauvre. : Cette famille est misérable. SYNONYME miséreux ; pitoyable .
misérablement
misérablement adv. adverbe Dans la misère, la pauvreté. : Ils vivent misérablement.
misère
misère n. f. nom féminin Grande pauvreté. : Vivre dans la misère. SYNONYME besoin ; indigence . LOCUTIONS Avoir de la misère à. québécisme familier Avoir de la difficulté à faire quelque chose. : Sébastien a de la misère à se lever à 6 heures pour livrer les journaux. Note Technique Cette expression est de niveau familier. Dans un texte de style courant ou soutenu, on emploiera plutôt les expressions avoir (de la ) peine, du mal, de la difficulté à. Chercher misère à quelqu ’un. Adresser des reproches à. De misère. Misérable. : Un salaire, une retraite de misère.
miserere
miserere ou miséréré n. m. nom masculin 1 Psaume. 2 Chant composé sur les paroles de ce psaume. Note Grammaticale Le mot conserve sa forme latine: il s ’écrit sans accents et ne prend pas la marque du pluriel. Il peut être francisé: il s ’écrit alors avec des accents et prend la marque du pluriel. Des miserere, des misérérés. Prononciation Les e se prononcent é, [mizerere ]
miséreux
miséreux , euse adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Qui est extrêmement pauvre. : Il faut aider ces miséreux. Des sans-abri miséreux. SYNONYME misérable ; nécessiteux . Note Orthographique miséreu x.
miséricorde
miséricorde n. f. nom féminin Clémence, pardon. : Demander miséricorde. LOCUTION À tout péché miséricorde. (Proverbe ) Toute faute peut être effacée par le pardon.
miséricordieux
miséricordieux , ieuse adj. adjectif Clément, qui pardonne. : Dieu est miséricordieux.
Spanish Dictionary
miseá
miseá o mi seá nombre femenino ASur Misiá .
miserable
miserable adjetivo /nombre común 1 [persona ] Que vive en un estado de pobreza extremada :en unos campos despoblados por el hambre y la peste, una legión de vagabundos, pícaros, bandoleros e hidalgos miserables luchan por mantener los conceptos del honor y la honra .SINÓNIMO mísero .2 [persona ] Que es muy desgraciado e infeliz :se consideraba desdichada y miserable, en aquellos primeros días de soledad .SINÓNIMO mísero .3 [persona ] Que es muy avaro, tacaño o mezquino :era un hombre miserable, incapaz de compartir sus bienes .Se usa como insulto .SINÓNIMO mísero .4 [persona ] Que es despreciable, especialmente el que actúa con mala intención sin importarle el daño que causa a los demás :hemos dado trabajo a muchos jóvenes que querían dejar la droga y sabemos lo que sufren por culpa de esos miserables que se hacen ricos a su costa .Se usa como insulto .SINÓNIMO mísero .5 adjetivo Que denota miseria o es propio de la persona miserable :llevaba una miserable existencia; se le reprochó su conducta miserable; sobrevive con un sueldo miserable .SINÓNIMO mísero .
miserando, -da
miserando, -da adjetivo formal Digno de misericordia .
miserear
miserear verbo intransitivo coloquial Tener un comportamiento miserable o tacaño .
miserere
miserere nombre masculino 1 Salmo de la Biblia que fue compuesto por el rey David para pedir perdón por sus pecados y que comienza con la palabra miserere , que en latín significa ‘apiádate ’:el miserere es el salmo cincuenta de la Biblia .2 Canto solemne que se hace de este salmo durante la cuaresma :el coro de la iglesia interpreta un miserere .3 Ceremonia religiosa en que se canta este salmo :el miserere se celebra durante la cuaresma . VÉASE cólico miserere .
miseria
miseria nombre femenino 1 Pobreza extremada :en algunos países hay millones de personas viviendo en la más absoluta miseria .2 Desgracia o pena que padece una persona :esa pintura plasma las miserias del género humano .3 Cantidad muy escasa o insignificante de una cosa :en la otra empresa le pagaban una miseria; cómete todo el plato y no te dejes esa miseria .4 Cualidad de la persona avara, tacaña o mezquina :toda su miseria y avaricia se transformaron en derroche y despreocupación . VÉASE villa miseria .
misericordia
misericordia nombre femenino 1 Inclinación a sentir compasión por los que sufren y ofrecerles ayuda :la existencia de la vida después de la muerte, así como la misericordia y la caridad con el prójimo, son ideas que los egipcios concibieron ya antes de la redacción de los libros más antiguos de la Biblia; (fig ) un invierno sin misericordia .2 Cualidad de Dios, en cuanto ser perfecto, por la cual perdona los pecados de las personas :misericordia divina; la misericordia del Señor es infinita .3 Pequeño saliente que en los asientos de los coros de las iglesias permite apoyarse cuando se está de pie :la sillería de coro de la catedral tiene motivos fantásticos y burlescos en los encuadramientos y misericordias .4 Puñal con que los caballeros medievales daban el golpe de gracia al enemigo caído . VÉASE obra de misericordia . ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xiii ) del latín misericordia , compuesto de miserere ‘compadecerse ’ y cor ‘corazón ’, por la relación que establece el corazón con el área de los sentimientos. De la familia etimológica de corazón (V.).
misericordioso, -sa
misericordioso, -sa adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino 1 Que tiene misericordia :pese a ser muy rico, era un hombre misericordioso con los desvalidos; nuestro Señor es siempre misericordioso .2 adjetivo Que implica o denota misericordia :obras misericordiosas .
mísero, -ra
mísero, -ra adjetivo 1 [persona ] Que vive en un estado de pobreza extremada :el terrateniente explotaba a los míseros campesinos .SINÓNIMO miserable .2 [persona ] Que es muy desgraciado e infeliz :¡mísero de mí!SINÓNIMO miserable .3 [persona ] Que es muy avaro, tacaño o mezquino :tenía un abuelo mísero, que no repartía nada de lo mucho que tenía .SINÓNIMO miserable .4 Que denota miseria o es propio de la persona mísera :durante años y años estuvieron condenados a vender su fuerza de trabajo como mísera y despreciada mercancía; llevaban una vida mísera y solo trabajaban cuando eran requeridos para ello .SINÓNIMO miserable .El superlativo es misérrimo .
misérrimo, -ma
misérrimo, -ma adjetivo Superlativo de mísero .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
mise en scene
mise en sc è ne /mìːz -ɑn-séɪn |-ɔn- /〖＜フランス 〗名詞 複 ～s /発音同 /C 1 舞台装置, 道具立て .2 (周囲の )状況, (事件の )背景 .
miser
mi ser /máɪzə r /名詞 C けち, 欲張り, 守銭奴 .
miserable
mis er a ble /mɪ́z (ə )rəb (ə )l /→misery 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 みじめな , 非常に不幸な , 哀れな ▸ Sam made her life miserable .サムは彼女の暮らしをみじめなものにした ▸ Don't look so miserable !そんなにさえない顔をするな 2 ｟非難して ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗常に機嫌の悪い , 怒りっぽい ; 卑しむべき , 見下げた 〈人 〉▸ You miserable bastard! この恥知らずめ 3 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗情けない [不快な ]気持ちにさせる ; ひどい 〈場所 状況など 〉(depressing )▸ work in miserable conditions ひどい状況で働く 4 〖名詞 の前で 〗わずかな 〈収入 〉; 粗末な , みすぼらしい ▸ a miserable wage わずかな賃金 ▸ a miserable dinner ひどい食事 5 〈天気が 〉うっとうしい, どんよりした (depressing )▸ miserable weather いやな天気 6 〖名詞 の前で 〗悲惨な , さんざんな 〈失敗など 〉▸ a miserable failure 大失敗 7 ｟スコット 豪 ニュージー ｠けちな .
miserably
m í s er a bly 副詞 1 みじめに .2 (哀れなほど )ひどく .3 貧弱に ; ひどく少なく ▸ He is miserably paid .彼は給与がみじめなほど少ない
miserly
m í ser ly 形容詞 1 けちな, しみったれた ; 欲の深い .2 わずかな .m í ser li ness 名詞
misery
mis er y /mɪ́z (ə )ri /〖miser (みじめな )y (状態 )〗(形 )miserable 名詞 複 -ies /-z /1 U C みじめさ , 悲惨 (さ ), 不幸 ; U 貧困 , 貧窮 ▸ live in misery みじめな生活をする 2 U 〖時にa ～〗(精神的 肉体的 )苦痛 (distress )▸ suffer the misery of a headache 頭痛で苦しむ 3 C 〖通例 -ies 〗(精神的 肉体的 )苦痛のもと , 不幸の種 , 苦難 ▸ the miseries of unemployment 失業の憂き目 4 C ｟英 くだけた話 非難して ｠不平ばかり言う人 ; 愚痴っぽい人 .m à ke A's l í fe a m í sery ｟主に英 ｠A 〈人 〉の生活を苦痛の日々にする .p ù t A out of A's m í sery 1 A 〈動物 鳥など 〉を安楽死させる .2 ｟くだけて ｠(知りたがっていることを教えて )A 〈人 〉を安心させる .～́ g ù ts ｟英 くだけて ｠いつも愚痴ばかり言う奴 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary