miserable
part of speech
adjective (miserable, more miserable, most miserable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Miserable means very unhappy. tree →
2) Miserable describes something unpleasant that makes you unhappy, such as miserable weather. tree →
3) Miserable describes something very small or poor, as in a miserable amount. tree →
4) (UK, informal) A miserable person is grumpy and never cheerful, as in a miserable old man. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories, miserable describes how characters feel when lonely, cold or treated badly. In everyday life, people say the weather is miserable on wet grey days. In English lessons it is a stronger word than sad. Related phrases: feel miserable, look miserable, a miserable day.
examples
- I felt miserable when I lost my dog. tree →
- It's a miserable, rainy day. tree →
- Cinderella was miserable doing all the chores. tree →
- We got a miserable two points in the quiz. tree →
- Don't be so miserable, cheer up! tree →
- The cold, miserable camp made everyone want to go home. tree →
- Left alone, Jenik felt very miserable. tree →
note
Adjective. Noun: misery. Adverb: miserably (we failed miserably). Stronger than sad or unhappy. Misery guts (UK, informal) is a grumpy person.
In the corpora
- He had a great many wives, and most of them quarrelled all day, which made him miserable.
- Glum, sad, miserable and heartbroken all mean unhappy, but each a different amount.
Trees and pragmatics
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