MISERABLE vs POOR: NOUN
- An unfortunate, unhappy creature; a wretch.
- A miserable person.
- Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.
- A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.
- In England, a gadoid fish, Gadus minutus.
- Poor people considered as a group.
- People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
MISERABLE vs POOR: ADJECTIVE
- Characterized by physical misery
- Contemptibly small in amount
- Deserving or inciting pity
- Of very poor quality or condition
- Of the most contemptible kind
- Very uncomfortable or unhappy; wretched.
- Causing or accompanied by great discomfort or distress.
- Mean or shameful; contemptible.
- Of poor quality; inferior.
- Very unhappy; wretched; living in misery.
- Causing unhappiness or misery.
- Worthless; mean; despicable
- Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
- In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
- Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent.
- Wretchedly inadequate.
- Very unhappy; full of misery
- Badly supplied with desirable qualities or substances
- Characterized by or indicating lack of money
- Unsatisfactory
- Not sufficient to meet a need
- Moderate to inferior in quality
- Yielding little by great labor
- Having insufficient wealth to meet the necessities or comforts of life or to live in a manner considered acceptable in a society.
- Having little money or few possessions
- Deserving or inciting pity
- Low in degree
- With little or no possessions or money.
- Those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy. In a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public.
- The friar bird.
- An assessment or tax, as in an English parish, for the relief or support of the poor.
- The red-flowered pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), which opens its blossoms only in fair weather.
- Garlic; -- so called because it was thought to be an antidote to animal poison.
- A law providing for, or regulating, the relief or support of the poor.
- Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
- Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt.
- Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant.
- Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable.
- To be pitied.
- Deficient in a specified way.
- Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit.
- Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land.
- Of low quality.
- Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected.
- Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager
- Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected.
- So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
- Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
- Inadequate, insufficient
- Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable.
- Humble; meek.
- Undernourished; lean. Used especially of animals.
- Negative, unfavorable, or disapproving.
- Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior.
- Deficient or lacking in a specified resource or quality.
- Relating to or characterized by poverty.
- Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean.
MISERABLE vs POOR: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Of wretched character or quality; without value or merit; very poor; mean; worthless: as, a miserable soil; a miserable performer or performance; a miserable subterfuge.
- Covetous; miserly; niggardly.
- Compassionate; merciful; commiserating.
- Synonyms Distressed, forlorn, disconsolate, afflicted, pitiable. See affliction.
- Very unhappy
- Full of misery
- Unhappy; wretched; hapless.
- Manifesting misery; indicative of want or suffering; shocking; pitiable: as, a miserable hut; to be covered with miserable rags; miserable looks.
- Causing or attended by suffering or unhappiness; distressing; doleful: as, a miserable lot or condition; miserable weather.
- Lacking means to procure the comforts of life; indigent; needy; necessitous; specifically, in law, so destitute or impoverished as to be dependent upon charity, or upon the poorrates; pauper.
- Deficient in or destitute of desirable or essential qualities; lacking those qualities which render a thing valuable, desirable, suitable, or sufficient for its purpose; inferior; bad: as, poor bread; poor health; cattle in poor condition.
- In particular— Of little consequence; trifling; insignificant; paltry: as, a poor excuse.
- Destitute of merit or worth; barren; jejune: as, a poor discourse; a poor essay.
- Lean; meager; emaciated: as, poor cattle.
- Lacking in fertility; barren; exhausted: as, poor land.
- Lacking in spirit or vigor; feeble; impotent.
- Humble; slight; insignificant: used modestly in speaking of things pertaining to one's self.
- Miserable; wretched: used in contempt.
- Unfortunate; to be pitied or regretted: much used colloquially as a vague epithet indicative of sympathy or pity for one who is sick, feeble, or unhappy, or of regret for one who is dead.
- Mean; shabby: as, a poor outfit; poor surroundings.
- Lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances
- Lacking in quality or substances
- Characterized by or indicating poverty
- Of insufficient quantity to meet a need
- To pet in a pitying, compassionate way.
- Possessing little; destitute of wealth: opposed to rich: as, a poor man; a poor community.
MISERABLE vs POOR: RELATED WORDS
- Uncomfortable, Paltry, Misfortunate, Meager, Sad, Unhappy, Deplorable, Hapless, Poor, Pitiable, Abject, Pathetic, Pitiful, Woeful, Wretched
- Pitiable, Low, Resourceless, Needy, Inferior, Pathetic, Deficient, Impoverished, Inadequate, Destitute, Miserable, Mediocre, Wretched, Bad, Pitiful
MISERABLE vs POOR: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Uncomfortable, Paltry, Misfortunate, Meager, Sad, Unhappy, Deplorable, Hapless, Poor, Pitiable, Abject, Pathetic, Pitiful, Woeful, Wretched
- Pitiable, Low, Resourceless, Needy, Inferior, Pathetic, Deficient, Impoverished, Inadequate, Destitute, Miserable, Mediocre, Wretched, Bad, Pitiful
MISERABLE vs POOR: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- You quoted Coulter saying women were miserable leaders.
- Dogs with hair and cats make him miserable.
- How miserable is the body that depends on a body, and how miserable is the soul that depends on these two.
- Never did ambition, never did public animosities, engage men against one another in such miserable hostilities, in such miserable calamities.
- Then they realized that they were still miserable or that made them miserable even.
- Their mission on earth is to attempt to destroy the souls of men and make them miserable as they themselves are miserable.
- While you feel miserable, you could make others more miserable.
- He was Burgermeister Meisterburger, the miserable mayor of the miserable town.
- Dry but miserable, he makes everyone around him miserable also.
- She was miserable, I was miserable, my older daughter was miserable.
- Poor Law inspections and massive land sales, although it is hard to imagine that the poor benefited when they swapped Catholic for Protestant landlords.
- These lead to poor organization, follow through, incomplete homework, and poor attention and vigilance in the classroom.
- These include poor credit history, payment delinquencies or even poor tax history.
- Evidently, officials who a poor fighting crime also conduct poor capital investigations and trials.
- Charge a lot kind of fees without notice and poor poor customer service.
- Poor implementation can lead to poor quality, delays in testing, and increased cost.
- Specialty glove, organic solvents Extremely expensive, poor physical properties, poor vs.
- Poor quality education give rise to poor economic conditions.
- They start talking about poor people being lazy, poor people not wanting to work, poor people not taking care of their kids.
- We are both poor, very poor, perfectly poor.
MISERABLE vs POOR: QUESTIONS
- How many Christmas Number 1s are the most miserable?
- Are Boomerang kids really more miserable than empty-nesters?
- Do we make ourselves miserable or happy and strong?
- Why did Kamal Haasan make Gautami's life miserable?
- Is Kraft Heinz having an absolutely miserable 2019?
- Is your dysfunctional thought pattern making you miserable?
- Was UConn always this miserable at college football?
- Are seasonal allergies making you miserable this spring?
- Is Silicon Valley trying to make themselves miserable?
- What is the meaning of miserable misanthropic nature?
- Are schools serving poor students being shortchanged?
- What causes poor results from aspirated psychrometers?
- How does poor corporate communication affect employees?
- Do American banks treat the poor like Bangladeshis do the poor?
- How might poor leadership be evidence of poor leadership?
- Why should we not blame the poor for the poor children?
- Is it better to be humble and poor than rich and poor?
- Are children from frequently-poor families more likely to be poor?
- Why do poor countries have such a poor view of religion?
- Does poor government funding improve education in poor countries?