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What is the adjective for miserable?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb immiserate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

miserable
  1. In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
  2. Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent.
  3. Wretched; worthless; mean.
  4. (obsolete) Causing unhappiness or misery.
  5. (obsolete) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. sad, depressed, down, dejected, dismal, forlorn, despondent, downcast, melancholy, sorrowful, glum, heartbroken, mournful, unhappy, crestfallen, disconsolate, doleful, downhearted, low, woebegone, blue, despairing, melancholic, woeful, afflicted, distressed, inconsolable, depressive, hurt, tormented, anguished, bad, brokenhearted, cheerless, dolorous, droopy, gloomy, hangdog, heartsick, heartsore, heavyhearted, joyless, luckless, saddened, solemn, somber, sombre, sorry, suffering, sullen … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “He was understandably miserable after being laid off from his job.”
      “The family is living in miserable conditions, and there are very few people willing to help.”
      “I don't fancy my chances of beating you at tennis with this miserable racquet.”
miseased
  1. (obsolete) Having discomfort or misery; troubled.
immiserated
  1. Poor, impoverished; destitute.
immiserizing
  1. immiserating
miserabler
  1. (nonstandard) comparative form of miserable: more miserable
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sadder, forlorner, glummer, mournfuller, unhappier, dolefuler, lower, woefuller, badder, droopier, gloomier, somberer, sombrer, sorrier, sullener, duller, more depressed, more dejected, more dismal, more despondent, more downcast, more melancholy, more sorrowful, more heartbroken, more crestfallen, more disconsolate, more woebegone, more blue, more melancholic, more afflicted, more distressed, more inconsolable, more depressive, more hurt, more anguished, more brokenhearted, more cheerless, more dolorous, more heartsick, more heartsore, more joyless, more luckless, more solemn, more troubled, more discontented, more strained, more ailing, more pained, more ruthful, more fed up … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Them contrasts make me miserabler than ever, an' I'm likely to get wickeder too.”
miserablest
  1. superlative form of miserable: most miserable
  2. Synonyms:
      3. saddest, forlornest, glummest, mournfullest, unhappiest, dolefulest, lowest, woefullest, baddest, droopiest, gloomiest, somberest, sombrest, sorriest, sullenest, dullest, most depressed, most dejected, most dismal, most despondent, most downcast, most melancholy, most sorrowful, most heartbroken, most crestfallen, most disconsolate, most woebegone, most blue, most melancholic, most afflicted, most distressed, most inconsolable, most depressive, most hurt, most anguished, most brokenhearted, most cheerless, most dolorous, most heartsick, most heartsore, most joyless, most luckless, most solemn, most troubled, most discontented, most strained, most ailing, most pained, most ruthful, most fed up … more
immiserating
  1. present participle of immiserate
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