Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with miserable in American Collocation
miserable
adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈmɪz(ə)rəb(ə)l/
very
absolutely
downright
so
thoroughly
truly
utterly
One quarter of the population believe life is unfair and one in three feel downright miserable.
rather
fairly
pretty
rather
It is always pretty miserable driving alone through the outskirts of London.
life or experience
childhood
existence
experience
fate
life
plight
Peter, now a very old man, recalls his miserable childhood in Ireland.
conditions
conditions
Animals suffer miserable conditions on factory farms.
state
condition
state
When I left him he was in a miserable state.
person
creature
wretch
We were all arrested, including those miserable wretches who had just been freed from decades of incarceration.
place
hovel
hut
slum
Millions flee the poverty of rural life to the equally miserable city slums.
weather
afternoon
drizzle
weather
It is an attractive place, even on a miserable afternoon.
be
feel
look
seem
sound
Nearly a million young people have felt so miserable that they have considered suicide.