miserable in WordNet English dictionary

1. of the most contemptible kind
   "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"
   abject  low  low-down  miserable  scummy  scurvy 
   
2. of very poor quality or condition
   "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment"
   deplorable  execrable  miserable  woeful  wretched 
   
3. deserving or inciting pity
   "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
   hapless  miserable  misfortunate  pathetic  piteous  pitiable  pitiful  poor  wretched 
   
4. contemptibly small in amount
   "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
   measly  miserable  paltry 
   
5. characterized by physical misery
   "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"
   miserable  wretched 
   
6. very unhappy; full of misery
   "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
   miserable  suffering  wretched