wretched Copy link Outline 1. mĭser2. mĭsĕrābĭlis, e (pitiable)3. flēbĭlis, e (causing tears) • wretched: 1. mĭser: a w. and unhappy man, homo miser atque infelix, Cic.: w., unhappy, suffering, miser, infelix, aerumnosus, Cic.: he suffers from w. ambition, misera ambitione laborat, Hor. S. 1, 4. 26: a w. (worthless) strain on grating straw, stridenti miserum stipula carmen, Virg. E. 3, 27. 2. mĭsĕrābĭlis, e (pitiable): a w. sight, miserabilis aspectus, Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 73. 3. flēbĭlis, e (causing tears): a miserable and w. appearance, misera et flebilis species, Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 7: v. unhappy, woeful, poor.