ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsMmiserable
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miserable
Meaning: extremely unhappy or uncomfortable
miserable in a sentence
How miserable is used in real sentences:
Wet shoes made Carlos miserable during the long walk home.
The campers felt miserable after hours of cold drizzle soaked their clothes.
“Later, some arms became sore, and a few people felt miserable with chills and headaches.”
— from the passage Testing a New Shield
Synonyms for miserable
Other words for miserable — unhappy, wretched and gloomy — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of miserable
Words that mean the opposite of miserable:
- happy
- comfortable
Where it comes from
From Latin miserabilis 'pitiable'
Memory hook
Miserable sounds like misery, a state of great unhappiness.