She catalogued the family's miserablenesses in a small leather-bound journal, hoping to understand their patterns of sorrow.

Misers counted every coin twice before deciding to help the orphanage.

Her miserism showed when she insisted on splitting the bill down to the last cent, even for a casual coffee.

After the argument with her boss, she looked miserable as a wet hen.

The critic accused the novel's characters of being mere miserabilists who revel in despair rather than seeking redemption.

Even in the sunshine, the self-styled miserabilist preferred to complain about the weather.

His miserabilist remarks during the meeting drained the room of any enthusiasm.

Her constant miserabilism wore thin on friends who preferred a more hopeful outlook.

Her miserabilistic portrayal of the protagonist gave the film an unrelenting gloom that some viewers found powerful and others found exhausting.