miserable
     adj 1: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and
            miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering
            humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking
            cages" [syn: {suffering}, {wretched}]
     2: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable
        victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as
        extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals
        for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate";
        "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a
        wretched life" [syn: {hapless}, {misfortunate}, {pathetic},
         {piteous}, {pitiable}, {pitiful}, {poor}, {wretched}]
     3: of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low
        stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable
        treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a
        scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" [syn: {abject}, {low}, {low-down},
         {scummy}, {scurvy}]
     4: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
        conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
        accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: {deplorable},
        {execrable}, {woeful}, {wretched}]
     5: characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend";
        "spent a wretched night on the floor" [syn: {wretched}]
     6: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company
        donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry
        wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried
        beans" [syn: {measly}, {paltry}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0