contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"
very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
the deliberate act of failing to pay money; "his evasion of all his creditors"; "he was indicted for nonpayment"
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
a low level or position or degree; "the stock market fell to a new low"
British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low"
used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf"
unrefined in character; "low comedy"
in a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low"