Synonyms for miserable

Other words for “miserable”, grouped by meaning.

We found 25 synonyms for “miserable”. The most common are suffering, wretched, unhappy, hapless, misfortunate.

adjective very unhappy; full of misery

Similarunhappy

adjective deserving or inciting pity

adjective of the most contemptible kind

adjective of very poor quality or condition

Similarinferior

adjective characterized by physical misery

Synonymswretched

adjective contemptibly small in amount

Synonymsmeaslypaltry
Similarmeager

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University