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Learn to pronounce mis·er·a·ble

/ˈmizər(ə)b(ə)l,ˈmizrəb(ə)l/
adjective
  1. (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable.
    "their happiness made Anne feel even more miserable"
    synonyms: unhappy, sad, sorrowful, dejected, depressed, downcast, downhearted, down, despondent, despairing, disconsolate, out of sorts, desolate, bowed down, wretched, glum, gloomy, dismal, blue, melancholy, melancholic, low-spirited, mournful, woeful, woebegone, doleful, forlorn, crestfallen, broken-hearted, heartbroken, inconsolable, luckless, grief-stricken, down in the mouth, down in the dumps
  2. pitiably small or inadequate.
    "all they pay me is a miserable $10,000 a year"
    synonyms: inadequate, meager, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, insufficient, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, short, little, lean, small, slight, slender, poor, lamentable, pitiful, puny, beggarly, measly, stingy, lousy, pathetic, piddling, exiguous

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