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miserabile

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adjectivefeminineliterarymasculine
  1. worthy of pity or compassion
  2. pitiful due to poverty, squalor or desolation
  3. miserable, poor, destitute
  4. dirty, squalid
  5. wretched, contemptible, despicable
nounfemininemasculine
  1. wretch

Forms

adjective

singularmiserabile
pluralmiserabili

noun

singularmiserabile
pluralmiserabili

Used in the library

  • Il senatore parla della vita miserabile dei braccianti.The senator talks about the miserable life of farm labourers.B2Di nuovo, per favore (27) — Again, please (27) (B2)
  • Il testimone ha una vita miserabile e un orologio d'oro.The witness has a miserable life and a gold watch.B2Di nuovo, per favore (4) — Again, please (4) (B2)
  • Nel podcast il ladro vive una vita miserabile in una soffitta.In the podcast the thief lives a miserable life in an attic.B2Di nuovo, per favore (16) — Again, please (16) (B2)

Other ways to say it

  • abiettoabject, despicable
  • bisognosoin need (of); needy, poor
  • commiserabilepitiable
  • commiserevolepitiable
  • esiguosmall, exiguous, meagre/meager, scant/scanty, narrow, slender, poor
  • gramowretched; needy, poor; desirous
  • grettopetty, narrow-minded; mean, stingy
  • ignobileignoble, vile, base, poor, scurvy

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