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miserable as a wet hen

miserable as a wet hen adjective: thoroughly miserable or dejected.

Adjective

miserable as a wet hen (not comparable)

  1. (US, colloquial, simile) Thoroughly miserable or dejected.

Questions about miserable as a wet hen

What does miserable as a wet hen mean?
Miserable as a wet hen means thoroughly miserable or dejected.
What part of speech is miserable as a wet hen?
Miserable as a wet hen is an adjective.

Words near miserable as a wet hen in the dictionary

  1. miserabilist
  2. miserabilistic
  3. miserabilists
  4. miserability
  5. miserable
  6. miserable as a wet hen
  7. miserableness
  8. miserablenesses
  9. miserabler
  10. miserables
  11. miserablest

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