miserable

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective very unhappy; full of misery
  2. adjective deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy
  3. adjective of the most contemptible kind

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French miserable, from Old French, from Latin miserabilis, equivalent to miser + -able.

In classic literature

Synonyms

suffering, wretched

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