misérable
French → English
adj//mi.ze.ʁabl//
(poverty) Wretched: living in conditions of extreme poverty and misery.
Les paysans vivaient dans des conditions misérables pendant la famine.
(English) The peasants lived in wretched conditions during the famine.
Il reçoit un salaire misérable pour un travail très difficile.
(English) He receives a wretched salary for very difficult work.
noun//mi.ze.ʁabl//
(moral) Scoundrel: a dishonest or unscrupulous person; a villain.
Le misérable a volé les économies de cette pauvre vieille dame.
(English) The scoundrel stole the savings of that poor old lady.
Sortez d'ici, misérable, je ne veux plus jamais vous voir !
(English) Get out of here, scoundrel, I never want to see you again!
Entry ID: fr:en:misérable · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary