{
    "term": "miserable",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "very unhappy or uncomfortable",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We were cold, wet and thoroughly miserable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't look so miserable!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She knows how to **make life miserable** for her employees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We got home feeling tired and miserable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "feeling utterly miserable about his exams"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The miners came past with their tired and miserable faces."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "making you feel very unhappy or uncomfortable",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "miserable housing conditions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I spent a miserable weekend alone at home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What a miserable day! *(= cold and wet)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The play was **a miserable failure**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These people live in miserable conditions."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "depressing",
            "topics": ["Weather"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "always unhappy, unfriendly and in a bad mood",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was a miserable old devil."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "grumpy",
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "too small in quantity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How can anyone live on such a miserable wage?"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "paltry"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɪzrəbl/",
                "audio": "mi/miserable/miserable__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmɪzrəbl/",
                "audio": "mi/miserable/miserable__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French misérable, from Latin miserabilis ‘pitiable’, from miserari ‘to pity’, from miser ‘wretched’."
}