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miserable - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: miserable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unhappy, depressed
Synonyms: afflicted, ailing, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, desolate, despairing, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, discontented, distressed, doleful, dolorous, down, down in the mouth*, downcast, forlorn, gloomy, heartbroken, hopeless, hurt, ill, injured, melancholy, mournful, pained, pathetic, rueful, sad, sick, sickly, sorrowful, strained, suffering, tragic, troubled, woebegone, wounded, wretched, agonized, anguished, hurting, in pain, on a downer, pitiable, racked, ruthful, tormented, tortured
Antonyms: cheerful, elated, happy, joyful, merry
Main Entry: abject
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hopeless and downtrodden
Synonyms: base, contemptible, degraded, dejected, deplorable, dishonorable, fawning, forlorn, groveling, hangdog, humiliated, low, miserable, outcast, servile, submissive, worthless, wretched, pitiable
Antonyms: commendable, exalted, excellent, magnificent, noble, proud, worthy
Main Entry: brokenhearted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: devastated
Synonyms: crestfallen, desolate, despairing, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, grief-stricken, heartbroken, heartsick, inconsolable, miserable, mournful, sorrowful, wretched, crushed, grieved, heartsore, prostrated
Antonyms: happy, lighthearted, pleased
Main Entry: cheerless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: depressing, unhappy
Synonyms: austere, black, bleak, blue, dark, dejected, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dolorous, drab, dreary, dull, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, grim, jarring, joyless, melancholy, miserable, mournful, oppressive, sad, somber, sorrowful, sullen, uncomfortable, wintry, woebegone, woeful, comfortless, dejecting, dispiriting, draggy, drearisome, in the dumps, mopey, tenebrific
Antonyms: bright, cheerful, happy, uplifting
Main Entry: crummy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: lousy
Synonyms: cheap, contemptible, crappy*, inferior, miserable, pathetic, poor, rotten, second-rate, shabby, useless, worthless, grotty, sub-par, third-rate
Main Entry: dejected
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: depressed, blue
Synonyms: abject, black, bleak, cheerless, crestfallen, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, down in the mouth*, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, gloomy, glum, heavyhearted, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, moody, morose, sad, spiritless, woebegone, wretched, all torn up, atrabilious, broody, bummed out, cast down, clouded, dampened, dashed, disheartened, down in the dumps, dragged, hurting, in the pits, mopey, mopish, sagging, shot down
Antonyms: cheerful, encouraged, happy, joyous
Main Entry: despairing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: upset, despondent
Synonyms: anxious, at end of one's rope, blue, brokenhearted, can't win, cynical, dejected, depressed, desperate, disconsolate, downcast, forlorn, frantic, grief-stricken, hopeless, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the soup, inconsolable, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, no-win, not a prayer, oppressed, pessimistic, sad, shot down, strabilious, suicidal, sunk, weighed down, wretched
Antonyms: confident, encouraged, expectant, hopeful
Main Entry: despondent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: depressed
Synonyms: blue*, dejected, despairing, disconsolate, discouraged, dispirited, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, forlorn, gloomy, glum, hopeless, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, morose, mourning, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, wretched, all torn up, bummed-out, cast-down, disheartened, griefstricken, grieving, in a blue funk, in despair, in the pits, shot down
Antonyms: cheerful, elated, happy, hopeful, spirited, up
Main Entry: disconsolate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: depressed, unhappy
Synonyms: bad, black, blue, cheerless, cold, crestfallen, dark, dejected, desolate, despairing, destroyed, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, grief-stricken, heartbroken, hopeless, inconsolable, low, melancholy, miserable, sad, somber, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched, comfortless, crushed, hurting, in pain, in the pits, ripped, torn-up
Antonyms: cheerful, happy, consoled, solaced, soothed
Main Entry: discontented/discontent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unhappy, dissatisfied
Synonyms: blue, complaining, crabby, disaffected, disgruntled, displeased, disturbed, fed up, fretful, malcontent, miserable, perturbed, picky, restless, upset, disquieted, exasperated, griping, kvetching, malcontented, ungratified, vexed
Antonyms: content, contented, happy, patient, pleased, satisfied, uncomplaining
Main Entry: downcast
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: depressed, unhappy
Synonyms: bad, blue, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, discouraged, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down, downhearted, droopy, dull, forlorn, gloomy, glum, heartsick, listless, low, low-spirited, miserable, moody, morose, oppressed, sad, troubled, woebegone, brooding, bummed out, cast down, chapfallen, daunted, disheartened, dismayed, down in the dumps, down-in-the-mouth, dragged, in pain, mopey, shot down, singing the blues, sunk, weighed down
Antonyms: cheerful, elated, glad, happy, satisfied, heartened
Main Entry: forlorn
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hopeless, inconsolable
Synonyms: abandoned, alone, bereft, blue*, cheerless, cynical, defenseless, depressed, deserted, desolate, despairing, desperate, despondent, destitute, destroyed, disconsolate, dragging*, forgotten, forsaken, friendless, fruitless, futile, godforsaken*, helpless, homeless, lonely, lonesome, lost, miserable, oppressed, pathetic, pessimistic, pitiful, solitary, tragic, unhappy, vain, woebegone, wretched, comfortless, down and out, in the dumps, pitiable, weighed down
Notes: lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad
Antonyms: cheerful, happy, hopeful, joyful, pleased, comforted, consolable
Main Entry: godforsaken
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: desolate
Synonyms: abandoned, backward, deserted, dismal, distant, empty, forgotten, forlorn, gloomy, isolated, lonely, miserable, neglected, out-of-the-way, remote, secluded, wicked
Main Entry: green around the gills
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sick
Synonyms: blah, crummy, miserable, nauseated, pale, queasy, shaky, sick as a dog, sick to one's stomach, throwing up, under the weather, vomiting
Main Entry: grief-stricken
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sad, sorrowful
Synonyms: cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, distressed, down, heartbroken, heartsick, heavyhearted, inconsolable, melancholy, miserable, morose, overcome, troubled, unhappy, woebegone, anguished, devastated, hurting
Main Entry: hapless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unfortunate
Synonyms: cursed, ill-fated, loser, luckless, miserable, sad sack, star-crossed*, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, woeful, wretched, behind the eightball, hexed, ill-starred, infelicitous, jinxed, jonah, poor fish, snakebit, voodooed
Antonyms: fortuitous, fortunate, lucky, well-off
Main Entry: joyless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unhappy
Synonyms: black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dejected, depressant, depressed, depressing, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down in the mouth*, downcast, dreary, droopy, gloomy, heavy*, low, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, somber, dispiriting, dragged, have the blahs, melancholic, mopey, saddening
Antonyms: cheerful, delighted, happy, joyful
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