miserable as a wet hen

adjective

Thoroughly miserable or dejected.

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Meanings

adjectivemiserable as a wet hen (not comparable)
  1. UScolloquialnot comparablesimileThoroughly miserable or dejected.
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miserable as a wet hen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miserable%20as%20a%20wet%20hen

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“miserable as a wet hen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miserable%20as%20a%20wet%20hen. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miserable as a wet hen,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miserable%20as%20a%20wet%20hen.

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