miserabile
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin miserābilis, derived from miseror (“I have pity”).
Surface analysis: misero + -abile
Pronunciation
Adjective
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- (literary) Worthy of pity or compassion.
- Pitiful due to poverty, squalor or desolation.
- Synonyms: (literary) commiserabile, (literary) commiserevole, (literary) miserando, miserevole, misero, povero
- miserable, poor, destitute
- (by extension) dirty, squalid
- (derogatory) wretched, contemptible, despicable
- meager, paltry, worthless
- Synonyms: esiguo, gramo, inadeguato, inconsistente, insufficiente, irrisorio, magro, misero, scarso, striminzito
- Antonyms: abbondante, congruo, copioso, cospicuo, (literary) dovizioso, lauto
Noun
miserabile m or f (plural miserabili)
Derived terms
Anagrams
References
- miserabile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) miserābile
- nominative neuter singular of miserābilis
- accusative neuter singular of miserābilis
- vocative neuter singular of miserābilis
References
- “miserabile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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