miserable

adjectives

very unhappy; full of misery

"he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

miserable, suffering, wretched

is derived from

miserableness

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"

hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched

is derived from

miserableness

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"

abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy

of very poor quality or condition

"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"

deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched

is derived from

miserableness

characterized by physical misery

"a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"

miserable, wretched

is derived from

miserableness

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"

measly, miserable, paltry