Reverse Dictionary: MISERABLE

ADJECTIVES
..825 ► HEAN → HENE mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial → obs.
1175 ► USELL wretched, miserable, lowly → obs.
1205 ► ELENGE remote, lonely, solitary; dreary, miserable → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1205 ► WANLICHE miserable, wretched → obs.
1250 ► WANSOME miserable, unhappy → obs.
1290 ► MISEASY miserable; wretched; uneasy; uncomfortable → obs.
1297 ► FEEBLE of a period, event, etc.: miserable, ill-starred, unhappy → obs.
1300 ► CAITIFF vile, base, mean, basely wicked; worthless, miserable, wretched
1305 ► ELENGELY solitary, cheerless, miserable, dejected → obs.
1325 ► BALEFUL unhappy, wretched, miserable; distressed, sorrowful, mournful → arch.
1386 ► MISHAPPY unhappy, miserable, sad, wretched → obs.
1430 ► VENGEABLE miserable, wretched → obs.
1450 ► BLUE miserable, melancholy, dejected
1450 ► SUFFRETOUS needy, in want, miserable → obs.
1475 ► MISEROUS miserable → obs.
1540 ► DOWLY doleful, miserable, gloomy, lonely → N. Eng. dial.
1542 ► MISER → MYSER miserable, wretched → obs.
1580 ► DOG-BOLT wretched, miserable, mean, base, degraded, contemptible → obs.
1598 ► UNCOMFORTLESS miserable → obs.
1600 ► FRIDAY-FACED sad-looking, melancholy, gloomy, sour-featured, miserable, gloomy → obs.
1606 ► RASCALLY wretched, miserable, mean
1608 ► UNBLESTFUL unfortunate, wretched, miserable, suffering misfortune → obs.
1768 ► OORLICK of persons: miserable-looking from cold, hunger, or illness; pinched, haggard, shivery, out-of-sorts → Sc.
1777 ► UNKED → UNKID of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts → Eng. dial.
1777 ► UNKY of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts → Eng. dial.
1785 ► OORIE → OURIE of persons and things: dismal, gloomy, miserable-looking from cold or illness; cold and cheerless, depressing, dejected → Sc.
..E19 ► IN THE MOPES feeling miserable → sl.
1824 ► OOZLY → OUSLEY → OZELLY slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down → Sc.
1824 ► OOZLY-LOOKING slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down → Sc.
1845 ► MISERABLE AS A SHAG ON A ROCK very miserable → Aust. colloq.
.M19 ► DEAD ALIVE miserable, down in the mouth → sl.
.M19 ► DEAD AND ALIVE miserable, down in the mouth → sl.
.M19 ► OFF ONE’S FEED depressed, miserable, nervous → sl.
1865 ► SCRIMPY scanty, small, pinched; puny, miserable; mean, niggardly → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1869 ► OORIT cold, shivering, hunched up with cold or discomfort; tired-looking or ailing-looking, weak, puny, wearied, in poor spirits, miserable, dejected → Sc.
1888 ► DICKY poorly; out of sorts; poor; miserable → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1888 ► MISERABLE AS A BANDICOOT most unhappy, miserable → Aust. sl.
1889 ► UNLUCKY depressed, miserable → Eng. dial.
1891 ► ILL-OFF poor, miserable, ill-used → Sc.
1898 ► BAD-HEARTED melancholy, miserable, down-hearted → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..L19 ► MIS → MIZ miserable → sl.
..L19 ► SAT-UPON depressed, miserable → sl.
..20C ► DONNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly-looking → Irish usage
..20C ► KAGOU looking miserable, unenthusiastic, ‘sorry for oneself’ → W. Indies sl.
..20C ► MOPEY AS A WET HEN miserable, gloomy → Aust. & NZ sl.
1900 ► DAUNY → DAWNEY → DAWNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly; weakly; delicate, in poor health → Irish usage (Bk.)
1900 ► DAWLSOME dull, dreary, miserable; nauseating → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCREELY long, lanky; pinched, miserable-looking → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► WALLOWISH pinched and miserable-looking; faint from hunger → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► WELSH pinched and miserable-looking; faint from hunger → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1940 ► CAN’T GO NO FURTHER, JUST LIKE A BEAR’S BROTHER miserable, out of sorts, dejected → African-American
1942 ► MIMSY miserable and flimsy → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SEEDY wretched, miserable → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TINPOT wretched, miserable → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TINPOTTY wretched, miserable → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► HAPPY AS A BASTARD ON FATHER’S DAY miserable, depressed → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► HAPPY AS A BOXING KANGAROO IN FOG utterly miserable → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2000 ► BLACK-HOLE-BILL depressing, miserable → UK sl.

ADVERBS
1377 ► ELENGELY drearily, miserably, dejectedly, gloomily → obs.
1393 ► CAITIFLY wretchedly, miserably → obs.

NOUNS
1175 ► WANDRETH misery, distress, hardship; adversity, poverty → obs.
1200 ► WANE misery, woe → obs.
1205 ► UNISELE unhappiness, misery → obs.
1225 ► MISEASE trouble, misery
1300 ► CAITIFTY wretchedness, misery → obs.
1320 ► ELENGENESSE loneliness, dreariness, misery, gloom → obs.
1325 ► BALE mental suffering; misery, sorrow, grief
1340 ► CAITIFHEDE wretchedness, misery → obs.
1393 ► CAITIFNESS wretchedness, misery → obs.
1460 ► CAITIFDOM wretchedness, misery → obs.
1483 ► CURSEDNESSES miseries, misfortunes → obs.
1528 ► A DOG’S LIFE a life of misery, or of miserable subservience →
1533 ► MISERITY misery → Sc. obs.
1559 ► MISERABILITY miserableness
1866 ► CHAIN LIGHTNING n. torment or misery, esp. a severe scolding; hell → US sl.
1885 ► MEAGRIES miseries, ills → Sc.
..L19 ► MARRIAGE FACE a miserable face → UK middle class usage
..L19 ► MIS → MISS → MIZZ a misery; a state of unhappiness → sl.
..20C ► A FACE LIKE A YARD OF PUMP-WATER a ‘long’ face; a miserable or glum face → colloq.
1904 ► SCREWTON-NEWTONS a miserable feeling in mind and body; a fit of the dumps, a gloomy, melancholy state of mind → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 ► HARD SLEDDIN’ poverty, hardship, misery → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1930 ► A FACE LIKE A SEA-BOOT a long-drawn ‘fathom of misery’; a miserable or glum face → sl.
1999 ► A FACE LIKE A SLAPPED ARSE a very miserable-looking countenance → UK sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1325 ► CAITIFF a wretched, miserable person; a poor wretch; one in a piteous case → obs.
1440 ► BRETHEL a worthless fellow; a good-for-nothing wretch; a miserable wretch → obs.
.M16 ► MOPE a dim-witted, dreamy, or miserable person → sl.
1591 ► FAGGOT a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman; an unpleasant, miserable woman
1592 ► FRIDAY-FACE a grave, dismal, or gloomy expression of the countenance; a gloomy, dejected-looking or miserable-looking man or woman → obs.
1602 ► HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man
1718 ► OBJECT a deformed or diseased person; an imbecile; a miserable creature → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 ► SCRAPE-ALL a miserable wretch or griping fellow; a miser → obs.
1794 ► DEATH’S HEAD UPON A MOP-STICK a poor, miserable, emaciated fellow
..L18 ► DEATH’S HEAD a miserable, impoverished, emaciated person → sl.
1815 ► SPALPEEN a disagreeable, miserable, or contemptible person; a low, mean, or good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless person; a rogue, a rascal, a scamp → Irish
1820 ► MISER a wretch, a miserable person → Sc., obs.
1893 ► NANNY PINCH-POT a penurious person; a covetous, miserable wretch → Eng. dial.
1904 ► SCAA a thin, miserable-looking person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 ► GAWDELPUS an ineffectual, useless, or incompetent person; a generally miserable looking person → sl. 
1940 ► LAZY-ASS SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person → sl., orig. US
1940 ► SORRY SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person → sl., orig. US
1943 ► SAD SACK a contemptible person; a miserable, depressed person → sl., chiefly US
1943 ► SAD SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person → sl., orig. US
1950 ► ‘APPY DAY a miserable, pessimistic type, a grumbler of the worst kind → Royal Navy sl. (Bk.)
1988 ► FACE-ACHE an ugly, irritating, or miserable-looking person → Aust. & Brit. sl. (Bk.)
1988 ► TALL STREAK OF MISERY a person who is always morose or miserable → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2004 ► HAPPY BOLLOCKS a miserable man → Brit. sl. (Bk.)
2004 ► HAPPY-PRATT a miserable woman → Brit. sl. (Bk.)
2004 ► MIZZOG a miserable person → Brit. sl. (Bk.)

PHRASES
..20C ► PAIN IN ONE’S OWN ARSE one’s own worst enemy; said of someone who is often the cause of his own misery → Brit. sl.
1900 ► FACE LIKE YESTERDAY describing a very miserable-looking face → sl.
1920 ► JUST LIKE A BEAR, AIN’T GOT A QUARTER miserable, out of sorts, dejected → African-American
1920 ► JUST LIKE A BEAR’S DAUGHTER, AIN’T GOT A QUARTER miserable, out of sorts, dejected → African-American
1920 ► JUST LIKE THE BEAR’S BROTHER, JIM, HIS PICKINGS ARE SLIM miserable, out of sorts, dejected → African-American
1999 ► FACE LIKE A CHOOK’S ARSE a miserable expression → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► FACE LIKE A YARD OF TRIPE a miserable expression → Aust. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1597 ► LEAD A DOG’S LIFE to lead a life of misery or miserable subservience
1637 ► UNCOMFORT to render miserable → obs.
1692 ► ERUMNATE to impoverish, to make poor or miserable → obs.
..L19 ► HAVE A FACE LIKE HALF-PAST SIX to look miserable → sl.
..L19 ► HAVE ONE’S FACE AT HALF-PAST EIGHT to look miserable → sl.
1903 ► MISERATE to render miserable → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► LOOK LIKE DEATH ON A MOPSTICK to look very miserable → Eng. dial.
1970 ► SAD SACK to act or move in a miserable, depressed manner → US sl.