Emotions / A2

MIZR-uh-bl/ˈmɪzrəbl/

Miserable means very unhappy, or making you unhappy: feel miserable, miserable weather, a miserable day. Unhappy is milder; sad is a cousin. Cheerful is an opposite. Misery is the noun. Do not write miserable when you mean measurable, or miserable vs visitable.

Meaning

Very unhappy, or making you feel very unhappy.

Examples

• “He felt miserable after he missed the last bus.”
• “I felt miserable with a cold on the long flight.”
• “It was miserable rain, so we stayed in the museum.”

Good to know

feel miserable / miserable weather. Milder: unhappy. Mix-up: measurable.

Near in meaning

unhappy

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