惨め

みじめ
JLPT:N1
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1Miserable; wretched; pitiable — describing a state or circumstances so poor and forlorn as to be pitiful, or the humiliated, dejected feeling of being in such a state. Noun form: 惨めさ.

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Examples

大勢の前で叱られて、惨めな気持ちになった。

Being scolded in front of everyone made me feel miserable.

一人だけ誘われず、惨めな思いをした。

I was the only one not invited, and it left me feeling wretched.

戦後、その一家は惨めな暮らしを強いられた。

After the war, the family was forced to live a miserable life.

言い訳ばかりする自分が惨めに思えてきた。

I started to feel pathetic for doing nothing but making excuses.

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