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miserables

miserables is the plural of miserable.

Meaning of miserable

Noun

miserable (plural miserables)

  1. A miserable person; a wretch.
    • Dona Carmen repaired to the balcony to chat and jest with, and at, these miserables, who stopped before the door to rest in their progress. All pretended poverty while literally groaning under the weight of their riches.1838, The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume 21, page 181
  2. (in plural, informal, with-definite-article) A state of misery or melancholy.
    • By 3:00 P.M. both DeeDee and Sandra's pants were thoroughly soaked, and this unhappy circumstance gave DeeDee a bad case of the miserables.1984, Barbara Wernecke Durkin, Oh, You Dundalk Girls, Can't You Dance the Polka?, page 10

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Questions about miserables

What is miserables the plural of?
Miserables is the plural of miserable.

Words near miserables in the dictionary

  1. miserable
  2. miserable as a wet hen
  3. miserableness
  4. miserablenesses
  5. miserabler
  6. miserables
  7. miserablest
  8. miserabley
  9. miserablism
  10. miserablist
  11. miserablists

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