1. (a.) Very unhappy; wretched.

2. (a.) Causing unhappiness or misery.

3. (a.) Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner.

4. (a.) Avaricious; miserly.

5. (n.) A miserable person.

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