miserableness

mis·er·a·ble

M0334400 (mĭz′ər-ə-bəl, mĭz′rə-)adj.1. Very uncomfortable or unhappy; wretched.2. Causing or accompanied by great discomfort or distress: a miserable climate.3. Mean or shameful; contemptible: a miserable trick.4. Wretchedly inadequate: lived in a miserable shack; fed the prisoners miserable rations.5. Of poor quality; inferior: miserable handicraft.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin miserābilis, pitiable, from miserārī, to pity, from miser, wretched.]

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mis′er·a·ble n.mis′er·a·ble·ness n.mis′er·a·bly adv.

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miserableness - a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"misery, wretchednessill-being - lack of prosperity or happiness or healthconcentration camp - a situation characterized by crowding and extremely harsh conditionsliving death - a state of constant miserywoe, suffering - misery resulting from affliction