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)
- (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
- Synonyms: bisognoso, indigente, (uncommon) malagiato, meschino, povero
- Antonyms: abbiente, agiato, benestante, facoltoso, fiorente, prospero, ricco
- (by extension) dirty, squalid
- (derogatory) wretched, contemptible, despicable
- Synonyms: abietto, gretto, ignobile, meschino, misero, spregevole
- Antonym: nobile
- 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)
- (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
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of miserābilis
References
- “miserabile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers