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misdoing, transgression, misdemeanour, fault, misconduct, sin,
trespass, wrong, peccadillo: Who will punish him for his
misdeeds now that he is safe in Argentina?
misdirect v. misguide, misadvise; misaddress: He misdirected us by
saying the lavatory was downstairs. The letter, misdirected, was
returned.
miser n. skinflint, hoarder, niggard, penny-pincher, pinchpenny,
cheese-parer, Scrooge, Colloq cheapskate, US tightwad: For that
old miser, charity begins and ends at home.
miserable adj. 1 wretched, unhappy, depressed, woeful, woebegone, sad,
dejected, forlorn, disconsolate, despondent, heartbroken,
sorrowful, broken-hearted, mournful, desolate, desperate,
despairing, downhearted, melancholy, glum, low-spirited, gloomy,
dismal, lachrymose, tearful, Colloq Brit cut up: Tanya is
miserable because no one invited her to go to the dance. 2
unpleasant, inclement, inconvenient, untoward, bad,
unfavourable, awful, terrible, adverse, Colloq rotten, lousy:
The weather was miserable throughout the weekend. 3 inadequate,
unworthy, poor, deplorable, contemptible, bad, despicable,
sorry, pitiful, pathetic, lamentable, Colloq rotten, lousy:
That was the most miserable play I have ever had the misfortune
to sit through. 4 squalid, wretched, bad, abject, deplorable,
shabby, mean, vile, shameful, scurvy, awful, disgraceful,
contemptible: He lives in a cellar in the most miserable
conditions.
miserly adj. stingy, penurious, niggardly, penny-pinching,
parsimonious, mean, cheap, cheese-paring, tight, tight-fisted,
close, close-fisted, mercenary, avaricious, greedy, covetous,
Colloq money-grubbing, Brit mingy, US chintzy: Flynn is too
miserly to lend you a penny.
misery n. 1 unhappiness, distress, discomfort, wretchedness, woe,
sadness, melancholy, sorrow, dolour, heartache, grief, anguish,
anxiety, angst, depression, despair, desperation, desolation,
despondency, gloom: Worn out by grief and misery, she collapsed
into a chair. 2 squalor, poverty, destitution, privation,
indigence, penury, wretchedness, sordidness: The misery of
those slums is unbelievable. 3 hardship, suffering, calamity,
disaster, curse, misfortune, ordeal, woe, trouble, catastrophe,