miserable
miser + -able
→misery
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Miserable can mean sad or pathetic. It can be used to refer to somebody who is in pain or very sad "he's a miserable old man", but it is also sometimes used to refer to horrible people, while at the same time debasing them "Forget about that miserable lying fool."
Wretched means evil, awful, or horrible. A place can be wretched "I don't ever want to go back to that wretched place" A person can be wretched "That wretched hag is always yelling at my kids." A person's acts can be wretched, too. "That was a real wretched thing to do, you know."
So basically, "miserable" isn't necessarily an insult, but "wretched" always is.
adjective
1. (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable:
みじめな, 非常に不幸な, 哀れな
e.g. their happiness made Anne feel even more miserable.
(of a situation or environment) causing someone to feel wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable:
〖通例名詞の前で〗情けない[不快な]気持ちにさせる; ひどい〈場所・状況など〉(depressing)
e.g. horribly wet and miserable conditions.
(of a person) habitually morose:
⦅非難して⦆ 〖名詞の前で〗常に機嫌の悪い, 怒りっぽい
e.g. a miserable man in his late sixties.
attributive contemptible (used as a term of abuse or for emphasis):
卑しむべき, 見下げた〈人〉
e.g. you miserable old creep!
2. pitiably small or inadequate:
〖名詞の前で〗わずかな〈収入〉; 粗末な, みすぼらしい
e.g. all they pay me is a miserable $10,000 a year.
DERIVATIVES
miserableness noun
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from French misérable, from Latin miserabilis ‘pitiable’, from miserari ‘to pity’, from miser ‘wretched’.