miserable in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for miserable in the English»French Dictionary

miserable [Brit ˈmɪz(ə)rəb(ə)l, Am ˈmɪz(ə)rəb(ə)l] ADJ

1. miserable (gloomy, unhappy):

miserable person, expression

malheureux/-euse

miserable thoughts

noir

miserable event

malheureux/-euse

miserable weather

sale

what a miserable afternoon!

quel après-midi maussade!

to look miserable

avoir l'air malheureux/-euse

to feel miserable

avoir le cafard

2. miserable (small, pathetic) inf:

miserable helping, quantity

misérable

miserable salary, wage

de misère

miserable attempt, failure, performance, result

lamentable

a miserable 50 dollars

50 misérables dollars

3. miserable (poverty-stricken):

miserable life

de misère

miserable dwelling

misérable

4. miserable (abject):

a miserable sinner

un pécheur éhonté

miserable as sin

malheureux comme les pierres

Translations for miserable in the French»English Dictionary

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avoir une face de carême

to look as miserable as sin

minable existence

miserable

mécontent (mécontente)

miserable, discontented (de with)

se battre pour un misérable croûton

to fight over a miserable piece of bread

misérable fin, existence

pitiful, miserable

malheureux (malheureuse) (plus fort)

miserable

ne prends pas cet air malheureux!

don't look so miserable

être malheureux comme les pierres

to be as miserable as sin

être aimable comme une porte de prison

to be a miserable so-and-so

tu y es bien pour quelque chose si elle est malheureuse

if she's miserable, it has certainly got something to do with you

il y est pour beaucoup si elle est malheureuse

if she's miserable, he's largely to blame

je la savais triste

I knew she was miserable

faire une tête longue comme ça inf

to look miserable

miserable in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for miserable in the English»French Dictionary

miserable [ˈmɪzrəbl] ADJ

1. miserable (unhappy):

miserable

malheureux(-euse)

to feel miserable

avoir le cafard

to make life miserable for sb

rendre la vie dure à qn

2. miserable (poor, wretched):

miserable

misérable

3. miserable (unpleasant):

miserable day, weather, conditions

épouvantable

miserable performance, failure

lamentable

4. miserable Aus, NZ (stingy):

miserable

radin(e)

5. miserable (small):

miserable pay

misérable

a miserable £20

la somme misérable de 20£

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thoroughly miserable

très malheureux

a miserable wretch

un salaud

a miserable specimen inf

un sale type

Translations for miserable in the French»English Dictionary

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pitoyable niveau de vie, résultat

miserable

misérable

miserable

lamentable ton, voix

miserable

piteux (-euse) résultat

miserable

elle m'empoisonne la vie

she makes my life miserable

passer un mauvais [ou sale] quart d'heure

to have a miserable time

miserable Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to feel miserable

avoir le cafard

to make life miserable for sb

rendre la vie dure à qn

a miserable £20

la somme misérable de 20£

thoroughly miserable

très malheureux

a miserable specimen inf

un sale type

a miserable wretch

un salaud

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

That night torrential rains made the troops miserable and lowered morale.

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The party had a miserable showing in the 1981 elections with its overall vote share declining from 2.8% in 1977 to 0.7% in 1981.

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We had no money, no transportation, the weather was miserable.

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Tom trains the kids for days, not realizing they are miserable.

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While he draws maximum publicity in the media, he creates a miserable life for the police.

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They end up breaking up not long after, once they both realize they are making one another miserable.

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A report on her miserable plight is aired on television.

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I should be miserable for the rest of my life.

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The first half of the seventeenth century was a miserable period.

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It just was hard, and the weather was miserable.

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