1extremely unhappy, for example because you feel lonely, cold, or badly treated: I’ve been so miserable since Pat left me. I spent the weekend feeling miserable. Jan looks really miserable. Why do you make yourself miserable by taking on too much work?as miserable as sin British English (=very miserable)► see thesaurus at
sad
2 especially British English always bad-tempered,dissatisfied, or complaining: He’s a miserable old devil.3[usually before noun] making you feel very unhappy, uncomfortable etc: They endured hours of backbreaking work in miserable conditions. Mosquito bites can make life miserable.4miserable weather is cold and dull, with no sun shining: It was a miserable grey day. two weeks of miserable weather5[only before noun] very small in amount, or very bad in quality: I can hardly afford the rent on my miserable income. The team gave a miserable performance.6miserable failure British English a complete failure: Her attempts to learn to drive had been a miserable failure.—miserably adverb: I failed miserably in my duty to protect her.
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miserably
['mɪzrəblɪ]
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糟糕地(67%)，悲惨地(33%)
adv.贫困地；可悲地；糟糕地；非常不幸地
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