miserable B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/ See IPA manual Freq #2864 Meanings 1 adj Very unhappy or uncomfortable. She felt miserable after failing the exam. 2 adj Very unpleasant and making people feel bad. We had a miserable, wet weekend stuck indoors. 3 adj Very small in amount and clearly not enough. They were paid a miserable wage for such hard work. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · very unhappy or uncomfortable. unhappydejectedwretched 2 adj · very unpleasant and making... wretcheddepressing Word family Forms miserableness Derived forms immiserationimmiserizationmimsymiserabilismmiserabilistmiserabilitymiserablenessmiserablismmiserablistmiserablyunmiserable Related forms misermisery Common collocations utterly miserable Adverb + adjective Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French miserable, from Old French, from Latin miserabilis, equivalent to miser + -able. miserabilis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # miserable **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/ **Frequency rank:** 2864 ## Meanings 1. Very unhappy or uncomfortable. 2. Very unpleasant and making people feel bad. 3. Very small in amount and clearly not enough. ## Examples - She felt miserable after failing the exam. - We had a miserable, wet weekend stuck indoors. - They were paid a miserable wage for such hard work. ## Derived Forms - immiseration - immiserization - mimsy - miserabilism - miserabilist - miserability - miserableness - miserablism - miserablist - miserably - unmiserable ## Related Forms - miser - misery ## Roots and Affixes - Root: miserabilis ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French miserable, from Old French, from Latin miserabilis, equivalent to miser + -able. ## AI Etymology Miserable was borrowed from Middle French miserable, from Old French, from Latin miserabilis, equivalent to miser + -able. In present-day English its meanings include very unhappy or uncomfortable, very unpleasant and making people feel bad, and very small in amount and clearly not enough. Related and derived forms include miser, misery, immiseration, and immiserization. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown