MIS'ERABALE, a. s as z. [L. miser, miserabilis.] 1. Very unhappy from grief, pain, calamity, poverty, apprehension of evil, or other cause. It however expresses somewhat less than wretched. What hopes delude thee, miserable man?2. Very poor; worthless. Miserable comforters are ye all. Job.16.3. Causing unhappiness or misery. What's more miserable than discontent?4. Very poor or mean; as a miserable hut; miserable clothing.5. Very poor or barren; as a miserable soil.6. Very low or despicable; as a miserable person.
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