Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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MIS'ERABALE, adjective s as z. [Latin miser, miserabilis.]
1. Very unhappy from grief, pain, calamity, poverty, apprehension of evil, or other cause. It however expresses somewhat less than wretched.
What hopes delude thee, miserable man?
2. Very poor; worthless.
Miserable comforters are ye all. Job 16:1.
3. Causing unhappiness or misery.
What's more miserable than discontent?
4. Very poor or mean; as a miserable hut; miserable clothing.
5. Very poor or barren; as a miserable soil.
6. Very low or despicable; as a miserable person.
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