English-French translations for miserable

• misérable
  En Russie, la population a appris à être fière de son pays mais vit dans une servitude misérable. People in Russia have learned to think proudly but live in miserable servitude.
  Je serais outré par les misérables camps qui encerclent les magnifiques villes de mon pays. I would have been outraged by the miserable camps of miserable people around my country's wonderful towns.
  Nous savons que de nombreuses personnes sans papiers sont exploitées et vivent dans des conditions misérables. We know that many people without documents are exploited and live in miserable conditions.
• lamentable
  Les propositions dont nous débattons cet après-midi sont une réponse lamentable, insuffisante au monde d’aujourd’hui. The proposals we are debating this afternoon are a miserable, insufficient response to today's world.
• mauvais
• minable
• pitoyable

Definition of miserable

• In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor
• Very bad ; unskilled, incompetent
• Wretched; worthless; mean
• Causing unhappiness or misery
• Avaricious; niggardly; miserly
• A miserable person; a wretch

Examples

• Hes good at some sports, like tennis, but hes just miserable at football
• a miserable sinner

Related words

• miserableness
• miserable work
• come to a miserable end