What does "miserable" mean?
Miserable: Causing unhappiness or misery. What 's more miserable than discontent Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner. Miserable comforters are ye all. Job xvi.
- 3.4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obs.] Hooker.
- 4.A miserable person. [Obs.] Sterne.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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