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  • 1miserable — miserable, wretched both describe something (as a person s state of health or of mind, a state of affairs, a human being with reference to his condition or character, or a thing compared with others of its kind) that is deplorably or contemptibly …

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  • 2miserable — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin miserabilis wretched, pitiable, from miserari to pity, from miser Date: 15th century 1. being in a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness (as from want or shame) < miserable&#8230; …

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  • 3miserable — adjective ˈmɪzəreɪˌbəl a) In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor. The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure is occupation. b) Very bad (at something); …

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  • 4The Miserable Mill — &#160; …

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  • 5Mr. Monk is Miserable — &#160; …

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  • 6Cosmogony — • By this term is understood an account of how the universe (cosmos) came into being (gonia • gegona = I have become). It differs from cosmology, or the science of the universe, in this: that the latter aims at understanding the actual&#8230; …

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  • 7Schubert, Franz — ▪ Austrian composer Introduction in full  Franz Peter Schubert  born , Jan. 31, 1797, Himmelpfortgrund, near Vienna died Nov. 19, 1828, Vienna  Austrian composer who bridged the worlds of Classical and Romantic music, noted for the melody and&#8230; …

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  • 8wretch — n. 1. Pilgarlic, pariah, vagabond, out cast, troglodyte, miserable being, unhappy being. 2. Miscreant, villain, knave, rogue, rascal, scoundrel, scapegrace, caitiff, ruffian, criminal …

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  • 9earming — m ( es/ as) poor wretch, a wretched or miserable being; (1) with the idea of suffering; (2) with the idea of reprobation; (3) with the idea of contempt, a poor thing; …

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  • 10áglǽca — áglǽca2 m ( n/ n) wretch, miscreant, monster, demon, fierce enemy, fierce combatant, miserable being …

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