miserable

miserable
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. wretched, forlorn, doleful; mean, contemptible, paltry. See unimportance. Ant., happy, wealthy.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [In misery]
Syn. distressed, afflicted, sickly, ill, wretched, sick, ailing, unfortunate, pitiable, uncomfortable, suffering, hurt, wounded, tormented, tortured, in pain, strained, racked, injured, anguished, agonized, fevered, burning, convulsed; see also troubled 1 , 2 .
Ant. helped*, aided, comfortable*.
2. [Unhappy]
Syn. pained, discontented, sorrowful; see sad 1 .
3. [Of very low standard]
Syn. sorry, worthless, inferior; see poor 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. unhappy anguished, troubled, depressed, blue, forlorn, desolate, despondent, suicidal, inconsolable, dejected, sad, melancholy, heartbroken, woebegone, glum, mournful, wretched.
2. bad poor, inferior, rotten, lousy, disgraceful, wretched, pathetic, pitiful, sorry, deplorable, second-rate, abysmal.
ANT.: 1. happy, joyous, euphoric, elated. 2. good, excellent, superb
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Suffering from usually prolonged anguish: woebegone, woeful, wretched. See HAPPY. 2. Having a painful ailment: afflicted, suffering, wretched. See HAPPY. 3. Of decidedly inferior quality: base2, cheap, lousy, paltry, poor, rotten, shoddy, sleazy, trashy. Informal: cheesy. Slang: crummy, schlocky. See GOOD. II noun A person living under very unhappy circumstances: loser, underdog, underprivileged, unfortunate, wretch. See RICH.

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