miserable

  • 21miserable — (Del lat. miserabilis.) ► adjetivo 1 Que es muy pobre: ■ vive en una casa miserable. SINÓNIMO mísero 2 Que siente o causa desdicha: ■ nunca olvidará la miserable hora en que perdió a su familia. SINÓNIMO desgraciado infeliz …

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  • 22miserable — mis|er|a|ble [ mız(ə)rəbl ] adjective * 1. ) extremely unhappy or uncomfortable: He looked cold and miserable in the rain. Their evening together had been a miserable failure. a ) a miserable situation or period is one that makes you feel very… …

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  • 23miserable */ — UK [ˈmɪz(ə)rəb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) extremely unhappy or uncomfortable He looked cold and miserable in the rain. Their evening together had been a miserable failure. a) a miserable situation or period is one that makes you feel very unhappy The …

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  • 24miserable — adj m y f 1 Que es muy pobre, de poquísima cuantía: un sueldo miserable, una vivienda miserable, Una cruz forrada con rosas de papel desteñido; el resto del templo desnudo, gélido, miserable 2 Que es falto de satisfacciones y de dicha: una vida… …

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  • 25miserable — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin miserabilis wretched, pitiable, from miserari to pity, from miser Date: 15th century 1. being in a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness (as from want or shame) < miserable&#8230; …

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  • 26miserable — adj. miserable to + inf. (it is miserable to work there = it is miserable working there) * * * [ mɪz(ə)rəb(ə)l] miserable to + inf. (it is miserable to work there = it is miserable working there) …

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  • 27miserable — adjective 1 extremely unhappy, for example because you feel lonely, cold, or badly treated: You re making my life miserable! | There s nothing like a bad cold to make you feel miserable. | You look miserable. What s up? 2 always unhappy,&#8230; …

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  • 28miserable — adjective 1) I m too miserable to eat Syn: unhappy, sad, sorrowful, dejected, depressed, downcast, downhearted, down, despondent, disconsolate, wretched, glum, gloomy, dismal, melancholy, woebegone, doleful …

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  • 29miserable — /ˈmɪzrəbəl / (say mizruhbuhl), / zərəbəl/ (say zuhruhbuhl) adjective 1. wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable. 2. wretchedly poor; needy. 3. of wretched character or quality; contemptible; wretchedly bad. 4. attended with or causing misery …

  • 30miserable — miserableness, n. miserably, adv. /miz euhr euh beuhl, miz reuh /, adj. 1. wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war. 2. wretchedly poor; needy. 3. of wretched character or quality; contemptible: a miserable villain.&#8230; …

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