misérable
/mizeʁabl/
adjective
B1
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
Similar words
Close — "poor" can mean "miserable/pitiable" too.
Similar in other languages
German
unglücklich is the plain word for unhappy, while French misérable intensifies it -- deeply, wretchedly unhappy.
Practice
1 What does misérable mean?
miserable
2 Fill the gap: Il se sentait ___ après la rupture.
Full sentence: Il se sentait misérable après la rupture. (He felt miserable after the breakup.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches misérable?
misérable: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, negative connotation.
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