| abject | | |
| adj. | 1. abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy | of the most contemptible kind.; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick" |
| ~ contemptible | deserving of contempt or scorn. |
| adj. | 2. abject | most unfortunate or miserable.; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty" |
| ~ unfortunate | not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune.; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" |
| adj. | 3. abject, unhopeful | showing utter resignation or hopelessness.; "abject surrender" |
| ~ hopeless | without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success.; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down" |
| adj. | 4. abject | showing humiliation or submissiveness.; "an abject apology" |
| ~ submissive | inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination.; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people" |
| destitute | | |
| adj. | 1. destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken | poor enough to need help from others. |
| ~ poor | having little money or few possessions.; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" |
| adj. | 2. barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent | completely wanting or lacking.; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" |
| ~ nonexistent | not having existence or being or actuality.; "chimeras are nonexistent" |
| miserable | | |
| adj. | 1. miserable, suffering, wretched | very unhappy; full of misery.; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" |
| ~ unhappy | experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent.; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad" |
| adj. | 2. hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched | deserving or inciting pity.; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" |
| ~ unfortunate | not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune.; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned" |
| adj. | 3. deplorable, execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched | of very poor quality or condition.; "deplorable housing conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" |
| ~ inferior | of low or inferior quality. |
| adj. | 4. miserable, wretched | characterized by physical misery.; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor" |
| ~ uncomfortable | providing or experiencing physical discomfort.; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun" |
| adj. | 5. measly, miserable, paltry | contemptibly small in amount.; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans" |
| ~ meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | deficient in amount or quality or extent.; "meager resources"; "meager fare" |
| pathetic | | |
| adj. | 1. pathetic, pitiable, pitiful | inspiring mixed contempt and pity.; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice" |
| ~ contemptible | deserving of contempt or scorn. |
| adj. | 2. pathetic, ridiculous, silly | inspiring scornful pity.; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years" |
| ~ undignified | lacking dignity. |
| pitiful | | |
| adj. | 1. deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry | bad; unfortunate.; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" |
| ~ bad | having undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
| wretch | | |
| n. (person) | 1. wretch | performs some wicked deed. |
| ~ miscreant, reprobate | a person without moral scruples. |
| n. (person) | 2. poor devil, wretch | someone you feel sorry for. |
| ~ victim | an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance. |
| pitiful | | |
| stagnate | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. stagnate | stand still.; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 2. stagnate | cause to stagnate.; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ stagnate | cease to flow; stand without moving.; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" |
| v. (stative) | 3. stagnate | cease to flow; stand without moving.; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ stagnate | cause to stagnate.; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters" |
| v. (social) | 4. idle, laze, slug, stagnate | be idle; exist in a changeless situation.; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" |
| ~ moon around, moon on, moon | be idle in a listless or dreamy way. |
| ~ ride the bench, warm the bench | be out of the game.; "Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game" |
| ~ moon, daydream | have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.; "She looked out the window, daydreaming" |
| ~ arse about, arse around, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, bum, loll | be lazy or idle.; "Her son is just bumming around all day" |
| ~ lie about, lie around | hang around idly.; "She did all the work while he lay around" |
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