Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - miserable
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Miserable
miserable
1. If you are miserable, you are very unhappy. I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable... ADJ: usu v-link ADJ • miserably He looked miserably down at his plate. ADV: usu ADV after v 2. If you describe a place or situation as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed. There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him. = depressing ADJ: usu ADJ n 3. If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull. It was a grey, wet, miserable day... ADJ 4. If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly. He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else. ADJ: ADJ n 5. You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or worse than it ought to be. Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots... ADJ: usu a ADJ amount c darkgreen]emphasis • miserably ...the miserably inadequate supply of books now provided for schools. ADV: ADV adj 6. A miserable failure is a very great one. The film was a miserable commercial failure both in Italy and in the United States. ADJ: ADJ n c darkgreen]emphasis • miserably Some manage it. Some fail miserably. ADV: ADV with v
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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) ~ refugees 2. a. wretchedly inadequate or meager a ~ hovel b. causing extreme discomfort or unhappiness a ~ situation 3. being likely to discredit or shame his ~ neglect of his wife it was ~ of you to make fun of him • ~ noun • ~ness noun • miserably adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. 1 wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable (felt miserable; a miserable hovel). 2 contemptible, mean. 3 causing wretchedness or discomfort (miserable weather). 4 Sc., Austral., & NZ stingy, mean. Derivatives miserableness n. miserably adv. Etymology: ME f. F mis{eacute}rable f. L miserabilis pitiable f. miserari to pity f. miser wretched ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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4.
1. жалкий, несчастный to feel miserable —- чувствовать себя несчастным; хандрить to make smb.'s life miserable —- отравлять чью-л. жизнь 2. плохой, скверный, жалкий miserable weather —- скверная, отвратительная погода miserable hovel —- жалкая (убогая) лачуга 3. ничтожный, мизерный (о сумме) 4. скудный (о пище и т. п.) 5. печальный (о новостях, событиях и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
5.
adj. 1) жалкий, несчастный 2) печальный (о новостях, событиях) 3) плохой (о концерте, исполнении); убогий (о жилище и т.п.); скудный (об обеде, угощении) Syn: dismal, sorry, unhappy, wretched Ant: cheerful, contented, joyous ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 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, dissatisfied, or complaining (He's a miserable old devil.) 3 usually before noun making you feel very unhappy, uncomfortable etc (They endured hours of backbreaking work in miserable conditions.) 4 only before noun very bad in quality, or very small in amount (I can hardly afford the rent on my miserable income.) - miserably adv (miserably cold and wet) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1412, from O.Fr. miserable, from L. miserabilis "pitiable, lamentable," from miserari "to pity, lament," from miser "wretched." Misery is c.1375, from O.Fr. miserie, from L. miseria "wretchedness," from miser. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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