Miserable in english
Miserable
pronunciation: mɪzɜrəbəl part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: mɪzɜrəbəl part of speech: adjective
In gestures
miserable = mean ; miserable ; squalid ; mean-spirited ; paltry ; measly ; dastardly ; cheapskate ; penny pincher ; sorry ass ; wretch.
Example: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.Example: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.Example: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.Example: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.Example: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.Example: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still 'measly'.Example: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.Example: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.Example: However I am a 'penny pincher' and always on the look out for ways I can save myself a few dollars.Example: What do you think of a woman expecting a baby working her ass off supporting a sorry ass man that will not work?.Example: He understands that he is just as much a wretch as the next guy, regardless of the degree or severity of the sin.more:
» fracaso miserable = miserable failure .
Example: The history of networking technology is full of great triumphs and miserable failures.» hacer la vida miserable = make + (Posesivo) + life miserable ; make + Posesivo + life a misery .
Example: Her brother takes every opportunity to make her life miserable and her father won't even acknowledge she's alive. Example: How she came by her death I do not know, but I am sure that he had made her life a misery to her.» llevar una vida miserable = live out + a wretched existence .
Example: In this sense the book resembles one of Solzhenitsyn's novels about one good day in the life of one of Stalin's victims living out a wretched existence in a Siberian prison camp.» tiempo miserable = miserable weather .
Example: A strong cold front has arrived and will make for some pretty miserable weather over the next two days.