Definition of Miserable

Adjective: miserable mi-z(u-)ru-bul

Very unhappy; full of misery
"he felt depressed and miserable";
- suffering, wretched
Deserving or inciting pity
"miserable victims of war";
- hapless, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
Of the most contemptible kind
"his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!";
- abject, low, low-down, scummy, scurvy
Of very poor quality or condition
"miserable housing conditions in the inner city";
- deplorable, execrable, woeful, wretched
Characterized by physical misery
"a wet miserable weekend";
- wretched
Contemptibly small in amount
"the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans";
- measly, paltry