miserable

miserable
adjective
1) (unhappy) unglücklich; erbärmlich, elend [Leben[sbedingungen]]

feel miserable — sich elend fühlen

2) (causing wretchedness) trostlos; trist [Wetter, Urlaub]
3) (contemptible, mean) armselig

a miserable five pounds — klägliche od. (ugs.) miese fünf Pfund

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['mizərəbl]
adjective
1) (very unhappy; She's been miserable since he went away.) unglücklich
2) (very poor in quantity or quality: The house was in a miserable condition.) elend
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mis·er·able
[ˈmɪzərəbl̩, AM -zɚ-]
adj
1. (unhappy) unglücklich, elend
to feel \miserable sich akk elend fühlen
to look \miserable elend aussehen
a \miserable life ein elendes Leben
a \miserable time eine schreckliche [o fürchterliche] Zeit
to make life \miserable [for sb] [jdm] das Leben unerträglich [o zur Qual] machen
2. attr (bad-tempered) griesgrämig, miesepet[e]rig fam; (repulsive) unausstehlich, widerlich, fies fam; (fam: as insult) mies fam, Mist- fam
\miserable little bastard (sl) gemeiner Mistkerl fam
\miserable old creep esp BRIT (sl) mieser alter Sack derb
\miserable old git alter Miesepeter
3. (very unpleasant) schauderhaft, grässlich, elend
\miserable hovel [or AM also shack] elende Bruchbude
\miserable weather schauderhaftes [o grässliches] Wetter
4. (inadequate) armselig, dürftig
a \miserable £20 lumpige 20 Pfund
to live in \miserable conditions in armseligen Verhältnissen leben
\miserable salary armseliges [o fam mieses] Gehalt
5. attr (wretched) miserabel, erbärmlich, jämmerlich, kläglich
a \miserable concert ein miserables Konzert
a \miserable result ein erbärmliches Ergebnis
to be a \miserable failure ein kompletter Misserfolg sein
6. AUS, NZ (stingy) geizig, knauserig
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['mIzərəbl]
adj
1) (= unhappy) person unglücklich, trostlos; colour trist; (= ill-tempered) griesgrämig

I feel miserable today — ich fühle mich heute elend or (ill) miserabel

miserable with hunger/cold — elend vor Hunger/Kälte

a miserable old hag — eine missmutige alte Hexe

to make sb miserable — jdm Kummer machen or bereiten, jdn unglücklich machen

to make life miserable for sb, to make sb's life miserable — jdm das Leben zur Qual machen

2) (= wretched, causing distress) headache, cold, weather grässlich, fürchterlich; life, existence, hovel, spectacle erbärmlich, elend, jämmerlich; place öde, trostlos

he died a miserable death — er ist elend or jämmerlich zugrunde or zu Grunde gegangen

3) (= contemptible) miserabel, jämmerlich, erbärmlich; person gemein, erbärmlich; treatment, behaviour gemein; sum, failure kläglich, jämmerlich

a miserable £3 — mickrige 3 Pfund

you miserable little wretch! — du mieses kleines Biest!, du Miststück! (inf)

to be a miserable failure — kläglich versagen

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miserable [ˈmızərəbl] adj (adv miserably)
1. elend, jämmerlich, erbärmlich, armselig, kläglich (alle auch pej):
feel miserable sich elend fühlen;
a miserable morning ein trister Morgen;
a miserable three pounds miese drei Pfund sl;
it was miserably cold es war erbärmlich kalt;
fail miserably kläglich versagen
2. traurig, unglücklich
3. schändlich, gemein
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adjective
1) (unhappy) unglücklich; erbärmlich, elend [Leben[sbedingungen]]

feel miserable — sich elend fühlen

2) (causing wretchedness) trostlos; trist [Wetter, Urlaub]
3) (contemptible, mean) armselig

a miserable five pounds — klägliche od. (ugs.) miese fünf Pfund

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adj.
elend adj.
unglücklich adj.

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