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Miserable Means Absolutely Mɪzrəbl Child Cold Hungry Tired

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Pron ['mɪzrəbl]
Back 【MISERABLE】
The child is cold, hungry, and tired, so of course he is miserable.
这个小孩又冷又饿, 而且累坏了,所以他当然是可怜的。
【重点词汇】
miserable adj. 可怜的 反: happy
Vocab
miserablevery unhappy; full of misery

Miserable goes way beyond sad — it means absolutely wretched. Someone who's miserable feels absolutely awful.

If you were caught in the pouring rain, missed your own birthday party, and then got food poisoning, you wouldn't just feel bad. You'd be miserable — which means exceptionally unhappy. Victor Hugo's novel, Les Miserables ("The Miserable Ones"), is the story of people who live a wretched life filled with death and unhappiness. You might want to bring some tissues if you're heading to the musical!

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