Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #688 of 1319

miserable (adj.)

very unhappy

Examples

  • A miserable day.

Key rules

  • Miserable means very unhappy
  • A miserable day, feel miserable
  • Misery is the noun

Common mistakes

  • He is miserably → He is miserable
💡 Tip: Describing bad days // Describing weather // Describing moods
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