miser

wretched

Usage

  • commiserate

    If you commiserate with someone, you show them pity or sympathy because something bad or unpleasant has happened to them.

  • misery

    Someone who is going through misery is suffering greatly or is very sad.

  • commiseration

    a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

  • miser

    a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

  • miserable

    very unhappy

  • miserliness

    total lack of generosity with money

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