miserable

very unhappy; full of misery

• “he felt depressed and miserable”
• “a message of hope for suffering humanity”
• “wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages”

deserving or inciting pity

• “a hapless victim”
• “miserable victims of war”
• “the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic” Galsworthy
• “piteous appeals for help”
• “pitiable homeless children”
• “a pitiful fate”
• “Oh, you poor thing”
• “his poor distorted limbs”
• “a wretched life”

of the most contemptible kind

• “abject cowardice”
• “a low stunt to pull”
• “a low-down sneak”
• “his miserable treatment of his family”
• “You miserable skunk!”
• “a scummy rabble”
• “a scurvy trick”

of very poor quality or condition

• “deplorable housing conditions in the inner city”
• “woeful treatment of the accused”
• “woeful errors of judgment”

characterized by physical misery

• “a wet miserable weekend”
• “spent a wretched night on the floor”

contemptibly small in amount

• “a measly tip”
• “the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief”
• “a paltry wage”
• “almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans”