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Pathetic
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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.
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