miserable

英 ['mɪz(ə)rəb(ə)l] 美['mɪzrəbl]

• adj. 悲惨的；痛苦的；卑鄙的

1. very unhappy; full of misery;

"he felt depressed and miserable"

"a message of hope for suffering humanity"

"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

2. deserving or inciting pity;

"a hapless victim"

"miserable victims of war"

"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy

"piteous appeals for help"

"pitiable homeless children"

"a pitiful fate"

"Oh, you poor thing"

"his poor distorted limbs"

"a wretched life"

3. of the most contemptible kind;

"abject cowardice"

"a low stunt to pull"

"a low-down sneak"

"his miserable treatment of his family"

"You miserable skunk!"

"a scummy rabble"

"a scurvy trick"

4. of very poor quality or condition;

"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"

"woeful treatment of the accused"

"woeful errors of judgment"

5. characterized by physical misery;

"a wet miserable weekend"

"spent a wretched night on the floor"

6. contemptibly small in amount;

"a measly tip"

"the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"

"a paltry wage"

"almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"