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1 miserable
miserable ['mɪzərəbəl]∎ to look miserable avoir l'air déprimé ou malheureux;∎ I feel really miserable today je n'ai vraiment pas le moral aujourd'hui;∎ to make sb miserable rendre qn malheureux, faire de la peine à qn;∎ don't be so miserable! allez! ne fais pas cette tête!;∎ they make her life miserable ils lui rendent ou mènent la vie dure(b) (unpleasant → evening, sight) pénible; (→ weather, summer) épouvantable, pourri; (→ conditions, holiday) déplorable, lamentable;∎ if only I didn't have this miserable cold! si je n'avais pas cet affreux rhume!;∎ what a miserable day quelle journée épouvantable;∎ what miserable weather! quel temps épouvantable!;∎ he had a miserable time of it at the dentist's il a passé un sale quart d'heure chez le dentiste;∎ to have a miserable time passer un mauvais moment;∎ we had a miserable time on holiday nous avons passé des vacances atroces ou détestables∎ a miserable performance une piètre performance;(d) (mean → reward) minable, misérable; (→ salary) de misère, minable; (→ donation, amount) dérisoire;∎ I've only got a miserable £70 je n'ai que 70 malheureuses livres(e) pejorative méchant;∎ you miserable brat! sale gosse! -
2 miserable
miserable [ˈmɪzərəbl]a. ( = unhappy) malheureuxc. ( = wretched) [person, place] misérable ; [sight] lamentabled. ( = paltry) misérable* * *['mɪzrəbl]1) ( gloomy) [person, event, expression] malheureux/-euse; [thoughts] noir; [weather] sale (before n)2) ( pathetic) [quantity] misérable; [wage] de misère; [attempt, failure, performance, result] lamentable3) ( depressing) [life] de misère; [dwelling] misérable -
3 miserable
1 (gloomy, unhappy) [person, expression] malheureux/-euse ; [thoughts] noir ; [event] malheureux/-euse ; [weather] sale (before n) ; what a miserable afternoon! quel après-midi maussade! ; to look miserable avoir l'air malheureux/-euse ; to feel miserable avoir le cafard ;2 ○ (small, pathetic) [helping, quantity] misérable ; [salary, wage] de misère ; [attempt, failure, performance, result] lamentable ; a miserable 50 dollars 50 misérables dollars ;4 ( abject) a miserable sinner un pécheur éhonté.miserable as sin malheureux comme les pierres. -
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6 despondent
[di'spondənt](feeling miserable, unhappy, gloomy etc: She was utterly despondent at her failure.) découragé- despondency
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