- Arabic: بَائِس (ar) (bāʔis)
- Moroccan Arabic: مسْكين m (məskin), مسْكينة f (məskina)
- Armenian: դժբախտ (hy) (džbaxt)
- Azerbaijani: acınacaqlı, miskin
- Bulgarian: окаян (bg) (okajan), злочест (bg) (zločest)
- Catalan: trist (ca) m, desgraciat m, miserable (ca) m or f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 悲慘/悲惨 (bei1 caam2), 慘/惨 (caam2), 淒慘/凄惨 (cai1 caam2)/悽慘/凄惨 (cai1 caam2)
- Hakka: 悲慘/悲惨 (pî-chhám), 慘/惨 (chhám), 淒慘/凄惨/悽慘/凄惨 (chhî-chhám)
- Hokkien: 悲慘/悲惨 (zh-min-nan) (pi-chhám), 淒慘/凄惨/悽慘/凄惨 (zh-min-nan) (chhi-chhám), 慘/惨 (chhám)
- Mandarin: 悲慘/悲惨 (zh) (bēicǎn), 慘/惨 (zh) (cǎn), 淒慘/凄惨 (qīcǎn)/悽慘/凄惨 (zh) (qīcǎn)
- Cornish: moredhek
- Czech: nešťastný (cs), bědný
- Danish: elendig
- Esperanto: mizera
- Finnish: kurja (fi)
- French: misérable (fr)
- Galician: miserábel (gl) m or f
- German: elend (de), erbärmlich (de), jämmerlich (de), miserabel (de)
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃 (wainahs)
- Greek: άθλιος (el) m (áthlios)
- Ancient: ἄθλιος (áthlios), μέλεος (méleos), (Epic) δύστηνος (dústēnos)
- Gujarati: દુઃખી (duḥkhī), કંગાળ (kaṅgāḷ)
- Haitian Creole: mizerab
- Hebrew: אֻמְלָל (he) m (umlál), מסכן (he) (miskén)
- Hindi: दुःखी (hi) (duḥkhī), उदास (hi) (udās)
- Hungarian: nyomorult (hu)
- Icelandic: ömurlegur (is) m, ömurleg f, ömurlegt n
- Irish: aimléiseach, ainnis (ga), anóiteach, galair
- Japanese: 惨めな (ja) (みじめな, mijime na), 悲惨な (ja) (ひさんな, hisan na)
- Korean: 불행한 상황 (bulhaenghan sanghwang)
- Latin: miser (la)
- Manchu: ᡤᠣᠰᡳᡥᠣᠨ (gosihon)
- Maori: tiwhatiwha, kōtonga
- Middle English: myschevous
- Norman: mînséthabl'ye (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kummerlig (no)
- Old English: earm
- Polish: nędzny (pl), nieszczęśliwy (pl)
- Portuguese: miserável (pt)
- Romanian: mizerabil (ro), nenorocit (ro), mizer (ro)
- Russian: несча́стный (ru) (nesčástnyj), бе́дный (ru) (bédnyj)
- Sanskrit: दीन (sa) (dīna)
- Scottish Gaelic: brònach
- Spanish: miserable (es)
- Tocharian B: anās
- Tày: cáo vá
- Vietnamese: khốn khổ (vi)
- Walloon: mizeråve (wa) m or f, pôvriteus (wa) m, pôvriteuse (wa) f, minåve (wa) m or f
- Welsh: penisel (cy)
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