| adjective | of very poor quality or condition “deplorable housing conditions in the inner city” |
| adjective | characterized by physical misery “a wet miserable weekend” |
| adjective | very unhappy; full of misery “he felt depressed and miserable” |
| adjective | morally reprehensible “would do something as despicable as murder” |
| adjective | deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy “a hapless victim” |
| miserableness | noun | a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune |
| wretchedness | noun | the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry |
| despicableness | noun | unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values |
| despicability | noun | unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values |
| ugliness | noun | the quality of being wicked |
| sliminess | noun | the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions |
| unworthiness | noun | the quality or state of lacking merit or value |
| pathos | noun | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others |
| pity | noun | a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others |