miserable Copy link Outline 1. mĭser, ĕra, ĕrum (most gen. term; wretched or suffering in whatever way)2. aerumnōsus (overwhelmed with afflictions) • miserable: 1. mĭser, ĕra, ĕrum (most gen. term; wretched or suffering in whatever way): Cic.: Virg.: Hor. 2. aerumnōsus (overwhelmed with afflictions): Join: aerumnosus, infelix, miser, Cic. Par. 2, init.: miser, afflictus, aerumnosus, calamitosus, id. Tusc. 4, 38, 82. (Miserabilis, miserandus = deserving of or a fit subject for pity.) See also unhappy. Phr.: to make oneself m., se cruciare. Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 15: Pl.: I am perfectly m., discrucior animi, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 1.