Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

miserabilist

/ˈmɪzəɹəbəlɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-er-abilist
IPA: /ˈmɪzəɹəbəlɪst/

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.

adj

Miserable, pessimistic.

Example Sentences

"Gissing is never more of a miserabilist than when trying to be light-hearted."
"An old, failed actor who lived on his own, he never had friends dropping by, because he was a bedridden inconsiderate miserabilist."
"The former Smiths singer, professional miserabilist, vegetarian and gladioli-distributor has posed nude for the inner sleeve artwork for his new single, Heaven Knows I'm Naked Now."
"She said center-right French politicians have started disparaging climate activists as “miserabilists”, […]"
"This is a radical difference between the naturalism of the miserabilist approach, and the naturalism practiced by the Romanian New Wave."

Etymology

Variant of miserable + -ist, with interconsonant -i- added due to difficulty or lack of flow in pronouncing miserablist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: miserable

Inflected Forms

miserabilists (plural) miserablist (alternative) more miserabilist (comparative) most miserabilist (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

miserablism miserabilism miserablist

Synonyms

buzzkill killjoy spoilsport addle-plot cold fish curmudgeon dampener downer fun sponge grinch grouch joy killer

Questions

How do you pronounce miserabilist?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪzəɹəbəlɪst/.
What does miserabilist mean?: One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.
Where does miserabilist come from?: Variant of miserable + -ist, with interconsonant -i- added due to difficulty or lack of flow in pronouncing miserablist.

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