miserable
mis|er|able /m'ɪzərəbəl/
1 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ
If you are miserable, you are very unhappy.
I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable...
● miserably [ADV] usu ADV after v
He looked miserably down at his plate.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
If you describe a place or situation as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed.
There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.
= depressing
3 [ADJ]
If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull.
It was a grey, wet, miserable day...
4 [ADJ] ADJ n
If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly.
He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else.
5 [ADJ] usu a ADJ amount
You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or worse than it ought to be.
Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots...
● miserably [ADV] ADV adj
...the miserably inadequate supply of books now provided for schools.
6 [ADJ] ADJ n
A miserable failure is a very great one.
The film was a miserable commercial failure both in Italy and in the United States.
● miserably [ADV] ADV with v
Some manage it. Some fail miserably.
1 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ
If you are miserable, you are very unhappy.
I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable...
● miserably [ADV] usu ADV after v
He looked miserably down at his plate.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
If you describe a place or situation as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel unhappy or depressed.
There was nothing at all in this miserable place to distract him.
= depressing
3 [ADJ]
If you describe the weather as miserable, you mean that it makes you feel depressed, because it is raining or dull.
It was a grey, wet, miserable day...
4 [ADJ] ADJ n
If you describe someone as miserable, you mean that you do not like them because they are bad-tempered or unfriendly.
He always was a miserable man. He never spoke to me nor anybody else.
5 [ADJ] usu a ADJ amount
You can describe a quantity or quality as miserable when you think that it is much smaller or worse than it ought to be.
Our speed over the ground was a miserable 2.2 knots...
● miserably [ADV] ADV adj
...the miserably inadequate supply of books now provided for schools.
6 [ADJ] ADJ n
A miserable failure is a very great one.
The film was a miserable commercial failure both in Italy and in the United States.
● miserably [ADV] ADV with v
Some manage it. Some fail miserably.