Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Miserable

Miserable , adjective

[French misérable, Latin miserabilis, from miserari to lament, pity, from miser wretched. See Miser.]

1.
Very unhappy; wretched; living in misery.
What hopes delude thee, miserable man? — Dryden
2.
Causing unhappiness or misery.
What 's more miserable than discontent? — Shakespeare
3.
Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner.
Miserable comforters are ye all. — Job xvi. 2
4.
Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obsolete] — Hooker

Miserable , noun

A miserable person. [Obsolete] — Sterne