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• hovel — n. a miserable, wretched hovel * * * [ hɒv(ə)l] wretched hovel a miserable …   Combinatory dictionary

• hovel — /ˈhɒvəl / (say hovuhl) noun 1. a small, mean dwelling house; a wretched hut. 2. an open shed, as for sheltering cattle, tools, etc. –verb (t) (hovelled or, US, hoveled, hovelling or, US, hoveling) 3. Obsolete to shelter or lodge as …  

• hovel — /huv euhl, hov /, n., v., hoveled, hoveling or (esp. Brit.) hovelled, hovelling. n. 1. a small, very humble dwelling house; a wretched hut. 2. any dirty, disorganized dwelling. 3. an open shed, as for sheltering cattle or tools. v.t. 4. to… …   Universalium

• hovel — noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 15th century 1. an open shed or shelter 2. tabernacle 3. a small, wretched, and often dirty house ; hut …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hovel — n 1. hole, hole in the ground, dump, sty, pigsty, pigpen, tumbledown shack, wretched hut; hut, hutch, shack, shanty, Brit. bothy; cottage, cot, bungalow, bower, cabin, Brit. Dial. cote, Scot. but and ben. 2. shed, open shed, tool shed, work shed …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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• miserable — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin miserabilis wretched, pitiable, from miserari to pity, from miser Date: 15th century 1. being in a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness (as from want or shame) < miserable… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• pitiful — pitifully, adv. pitifulness, n. /pit i feuhl/, adj. 1. evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate. 2. evoking or deserving contempt by smallness, poor quality, etc.: pitiful attempts. 3. Archaic. full of pity; compassionate. [1400 50; late ME; see …   Universalium

• grim — adjective 1) his grim expression Syn: stern, forbidding, uninviting, unsmiling, dour, formidable, harsh, steely, flinty, stony; cross, churlish, surly, sour, ill tempered; fierce, ferocious …   Thesaurus of popular words