MISERABLE

a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Very unhappy; wretched. What hopes delude thee, miserable man Dryden.

2.
a.

Causing unhappiness or misery. What 's more miserable than discontent Shak.

3.
a.

Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner. Miserable comforters are ye all. Job xvi. 2.

4.
a.

Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obs.] Hooker.

5.
n.

A miserable person. [Obs.] Sterne.


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