English-Thai Dictionary

miserable

ADJ ทุกข์ยาก  เป็นทุกข์  ยากแค้น  ลำเค็ญ  เดือดร้อน  distressed afflicted ill joyful happy tuk-yak

 

miserableness

N ความทุกข์ยาก  kwam-tuk-yak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MISERABLENESS

n.State of misery; poorness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

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. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

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 ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

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.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

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.

 

French Dictionary

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.

 

Spanish Dictionary

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 .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

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 .