in a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness
habitually gloomy or morose
wretchedly inadequate or meagre
a miserable hovel
causing or characterized by extreme discomfort or unhappiness
a miserable childhood
shameful; contemptible
a miserable failure
miserableness noun
miserably adv
[Middle English via French from Latin miserabilis wretched, pitiable, from miserari to pity, from miser wretched]