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Pathetic meaning in English

Meaning of Pathetic in English

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Pathetic

see synonyms of pathetic

Adjective

1. hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched

deserving or inciting pity

Example Sentences:
'a hapless victim'
'miserable victims of war'
'the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic'
'piteous appeals for help'
'pitiable homeless children'
'a pitiful fate'
'Oh, you poor thing'
'his poor distorted limbs'
'a wretched life'

2. pathetic, pitiable, pitiful

inspiring mixed contempt and pity

Example Sentences:
'their efforts were pathetic'
'pitiable lack of character'
'pitiful exhibition of cowardice'

3. pathetic, ridiculous, silly

inspiring scornful pity

Example Sentences:
'how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Pathetic

see synonyms of pathetic
adjective
1. 
evoking or expressing pity, sympathy, etc
2. 
distressingly inadequate
the old man sat huddled in front of a pathetic fire
3. British informal
ludicrously or contemptibly uninteresting or worthless
the standard of goalkeeping in amateur football today is pathetic
4. obsolete
of or affecting the feelings
plural noun
5. 
pathetic sentiments
. Also (archaic or obsolete): pathetical

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Pathetic

see synonyms of pathetic
adjective
1. 
expressing, arousing, or intended to arouse pity, sorrow, sympathy, or compassion; pitiful
2. 
pitifully unsuccessful, ineffective, etc.
a pathetic performance
3. 
of the emotions
see also pathetic fallacy

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Pathetic

see synonyms of pathetic
adj.
1. Arousing or deserving of sympathetic sadness and compassion: "The old, rather shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" (John Galsworthy).
2. Arousing or deserving of scornful pity.

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