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miserably

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mis⋅er⋅a⋅ble

  [miz-er-uh-buhl, miz-ruh-]
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–adjective
1. wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
2. wretchedly poor; needy.
3. of wretched character or quality; contemptible: a miserable villain.
4. attended with or causing misery: a miserable existence.
5. manifesting misery.
6. worthy of pity; deplorable: a miserable failure.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L miserābilis, equiv. to miserā(rī) to pity (deriv. of miser wretched) + -bilis -ble

Related forms:
mis⋅er⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
mis⋅er⋅a⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. forlorn, disconsolate, doleful, distressed. See wretched. 2. destitute. 3. despicable, mean, low, abject. 6. pitiable, lamentable.

Antonyms:
1. happy. 2. wealthy. 3. good.
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mis·er·a·ble   (mĭz'ər-ə-bəl, mĭz'rə-)   
adj.  

  1. Very uncomfortable or unhappy; wretched.

  2. Causing or accompanied by great discomfort or distress: a miserable climate.

  3. Mean or shameful; contemptible: a miserable trick.

  4. Wretchedly inadequate: lived in a miserable shack; fed the prisoners miserable rations.

  5. Of poor quality; inferior: miserable handicraft.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin miserābilis, pitiable, from miserārī, to pity, from miser, wretched.]
mis'er·a·ble n., mis'er·a·ble·ness n., mis'er·a·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

miserable 
c.1412, "full of misery, causing wretchedness" (of conditions), from O.Fr. miserable, from L. miserabilis "pitiable, lamentable," from miserari "to pity, lament," from miser "wretched." Of persons, "existing in a state of misery" it is attested from 1526.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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