Dictionary

miserabilist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɪzəɹəbəlɪst/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Miserable, pessimistic.
   • This is a radical difference between the naturalism of the miserabilist approach, and the naturalism practiced by the Romanian New Wave. 2014, Doru Pop, Romanian New Wave Cinema: An Introduction, McFarland, →ISBN, page 61:

Forms

miserabilist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɪzəɹəbəlɪst/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.
   • 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. 2009 February 7, Lucy Mangan, “Lucy Mangan: This week”, in The Guardian:
   • An old, failed actor who lived on his own, he never had friends dropping by, because he was a bedridden inconsiderate miserabilist. 2006, Iain Sinclair, London: city of disappearances, page 314:
   • Gissing is never more of a miserabilist than when trying to be light-hearted. 1991, Anthony Powell, Under review: further writings on writers, 1946-1989, page 242:
   • She said center-right French politicians have started disparaging climate activists as “miserabilists”, […] 2021 November 21, Oliver Milman, quoting Catherine Fieschi, “Climate denial is waning on the right. What’s replacing it might be just as scary”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Relateds

miserablism · miserabilism · miserablist

Synonyms

marplot · curmudgeon · killjoy · wet blanket · buzzkill · miserabilist · downer · cold fish · buzzkill · grouch · joy killer · wet rag · addle-plot · sourpuss · killjoy · fun sponge · stick in the mud · spoilsport · spoilsport · party-pooper · dampener · grinch

Translations (3)

sv dysterkvist (one who extols being miserable) · fi synkistelijä (one who extols being miserable) · fr misérabiliste (one who extols being miserable)