miserables
The pitiable ones
Miserables is the plural of miserable used as a noun—wretched or unfortunate people: the poor miserables huddled in doorways.
The word appears most often in reference to Victor Hugo's novel *Les Misérables*, about the downtrodden of 19th-century France.
Outside that context, the noun form is rare in English; miserable typically functions as an adjective.
People suffering misfortune
- downtroddenPersistently mistreated and degraded
- outcastsRejected, excluded people
- destituteUtterly without means
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
suffering · homeless · dispossessed · desperate · forsaken · hopeless · abandoned · pitiful
Science fiction award
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
- musicalSung theatrical production
- convictJailed offender after trial
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
Javert · Cosette · Fantine · barricade · revolution · Paris · bishop · candlesticks
Unhappy with circumstances
- complainersPeople who express discontent
- grumblersPeople who complain habitually
- malcontentsChronically dissatisfied people
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
pessimists · dejected · despondent · melancholic · morose · sullen · gloomy · doleful
unfortunates
People suffering misfortune
- downtroddenPersistently mistreated and degraded
- outcastsRejected, excluded people
- destituteUtterly without means
impoverished · suffering · homeless · dispossessed · desperate · forsaken · hopeless · abandoned · pitiful · afflicted
Hugo
Science fiction award
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
- musicalSung theatrical production
- convictJailed offender after trial
Javert · Cosette · Fantine · redemption · barricade · revolution · Paris · bishop · candlesticks · sewers
discontented
Unhappy with circumstances
- complainersPeople who express discontent
- grumblersPeople who complain habitually
- malcontentsChronically dissatisfied people
gloom · pessimists · dejected · despondent · melancholic · morose · sullen · gloomy · doleful · woeful
miserablesthe elite
Most powerful group
aristocrats · the upper class · plutocrats · bourgeoisie · nobility
- Les MiserablesFrench historical novel