Origin: Latin suffix -able
Miserable has 8 different meanings across 1 category:
A miserable person; a wretch.
"The old man was such a miserable creature that everyone avoided him on his way to work."
deserving or inciting pity
"a hapless victim"
"miserable victims of war"
"the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"
"piteous appeals for help"
"pitiable homeless children"
"a pitiful fate"
"Oh, you poor thing"
"his poor distorted limbs"
"a wretched life"
of very poor quality or condition
"deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"
"woeful treatment of the accused"
"woeful errors of judgment"
In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
"After spending weeks in a cramped room without sunlight, he looked miserable and barely spoke to anyone."