miserabile

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin miserābilis, derived from miseror (“to have pity”). By surface analysis, misero +‎ -abile. Doublet of miserevole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.zeˈra.bi.le/
• Rhymes: -abile
• Hyphenation: mi‧se‧rà‧bi‧le

Adjective

miserabile (plural miserabili)

1. (literary) worthy of pity or compassion
2. pitiful due to poverty, squalor or desolation

   Synonyms: (literary) commiserabile, (literary) commiserevole, (literary) miserando, miserevole, misero, povero

3. miserable, poor, destitute

   Synonyms: bisognoso, indigente, (uncommon) malagiato, meschino, povero

   Antonyms: abbiente, agiato, benestante, facoltoso, fiorente, prospero, ricco

4. (by extension) dirty, squalid
5. (derogatory) wretched, contemptible, despicable

   Synonyms: abietto, gretto, ignobile, meschino, misero, spregevole

   Antonym: nobile

6. 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 by sense (plural miserabili)

1. (derogatory) wretch

Derived terms

• miserabilità
• miserabilmente

Further reading

• miserabile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• semialberi, semilibera

Latin

Adjective

miserābile

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of miserābilis

References

• “miserabile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers