Cực khổ, khốn khổ, khổ sở, cùng khổ; đáng thương

Tồi tàn, nghèo nàn

a miserable house

căn nhà tồi tàn

a miserable meal

bữa ăn nghèo nàn

adjective

afflicted , agonized , ailing , anguished , brokenhearted , crestfallen , dejected , desolate , despairing , despondent , destroyed , disconsolate , discontented , distressed , doleful , dolorous , down , downcast , down in the mouth * , forlorn , gloomy , heartbroken , hopeless , hurt , hurting , ill , injured , in pain , melancholy , mournful , on a downer , pained , pathetic , pitiable , racked , rueful , ruthful , sad , sick , sickly , sorrowful , strained , suffering , tormented , tortured , tragic , troubled , woebegone , wounded , wretched , abject , bad , contemptible , deplorable , despicable , detestable , disgraceful , godforsaken , impoverished , indigent , inferior , lamentable , low , meager , mean , needy , paltry , penniless , piteous , poor , poverty-stricken , scanty , scurvy , shameful , sordid , sorry , squalid , vile , worthless , woeful , base , cheap , lousy , rotten , sleazy , trashy , afflictive , arrant , calamitous , depressed , discomfort , discreditable , feeble , grievous , groveling , pitiful , shabby

noun

loser , underdog , underprivileged , wretch

adjective

cheerful , elated , happy , joyful , merry , generous , rich , wealthy