miserable amount

  • 1miserable — mis|er|a|ble [ mız(ə)rəbl ] adjective * 1. ) extremely unhappy or uncomfortable: He looked cold and miserable in the rain. Their evening together had been a miserable failure. a ) a miserable situation or period is one that makes you feel very… …

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  • 2miserable */ — UK [ˈmɪz(ə)rəb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) extremely unhappy or uncomfortable He looked cold and miserable in the rain. Their evening together had been a miserable failure. a) a miserable situation or period is one that makes you feel very unhappy The …

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  • 3miserable — [ˈmɪz(ə)rəb(ə)l] adj 1) extremely unhappy He looked cold and miserable.[/ex] 2) making you feel very unhappy The weather was miserable.[/ex] 3) a miserable amount of something is very small and not enough miserably adv …

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  • 4miserable — mis|e|ra|ble [ˈmızərəbəl] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: Latin miserabilis, from miser; MISER] 1.) extremely unhappy, for example because you feel lonely, cold, or badly treated ▪ I ve been so miserable since Patrick left me. ▪ I… …

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  • 5miserable — [[t]mɪ̱zərəb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you are miserable, you are very unhappy. I took a series of badly paid secretarial jobs which made me really miserable... She went to bed, miserable and depressed. Derived words: miserably… …

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  • 6miserable — adjective 1 extremely unhappy, for example because you feel lonely, cold, or badly treated: You re making my life miserable! | There s nothing like a bad cold to make you feel miserable. | You look miserable. What s up? 2 always unhappy,… …

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  • 7amount to a hill of beans — to be of little importance. You are making yourself miserable over something that amounts to a hill of beans …

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  • 8Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now — Infobox Single Name = Heaven Knows I m Miserable Now Artist = The Smiths from Album = Hatful of Hollow Released = May 21 1984 Format = Recorded = Early 1984 Genre = Alternative rock Length = 3:35 Label = Rough Trade Writer = Johnny Marr Morrissey …

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  • 9measly miserable paltry — Meager Mea ger, Meagre Mea gre, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. makro s long. Cf. {Emaciate}, {Maigre}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. [1913 Webster] Meager… …

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  • 10literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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