Miserable | Mean of miserable in English Dictionary

/ˈmɪzərəbəl/

• very unhappy
1. He had a miserable childhood.
2. My boss is making my life thoroughly/utterly miserable with her constant demands and criticism.
3. He felt lonely and miserable after his divorce.
• very sick or unwell
1. She drank too much and felt miserable [=wretched, rotten] the next day.
• very severe or unpleasant
1. I've had a miserable cold for the past week.
2. We've been having miserable weather. = The weather has been miserable.

• very poor in condition or quality
1. He lived in a miserable little shack.
2. miserable [=wretched] living conditions
• very bad
1. He did a miserable job making the sign. [=he made the sign very poorly]
2. The business was a miserable failure.
3. Their trip turned out to be a miserable experience.
4. She has a miserable temper.
5. the miserable state of the economy
• deserving to be hated
1. Their boss is a rotten, miserable tyrant.