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adjective
- 1. arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness: "she looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her" Similar Opposite
- 2. miserably inadequate; of very low standard: "he's a pathetic excuse for a man" Similar Opposite
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causing feelings of sadness, sympathy, or sometimes lack of respect, especially because a person or an animal is suffering: The refugees were a pathetic sight - starving, frightened and cold. After the accident he became a pathetic figure, a shadow of his former self. See also.
Learn the meaning of pathetic, an adjective that describes something or someone that makes you feel pity, sorrow, or contempt. See synonyms, examples, pronunciation, and word origin of pathetic.
Pathetic definition: causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable. See examples of PATHETIC used in a sentence.
Learn the meaning of pathetic, a word that describes something or someone that evokes pity or contempt. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of pathetic.
Something pathetic inspires pity and contempt. If your backhand is pathetic, you probably shouldn't try out for the tennis team. These days, when you see the word pathetic, it's pretty clear that it's no compliment. This is an insulting word for things that are so bad they bum you out.
Pathetic means showing no skill, effort, or bravery, or sad and weak. Learn how to use this adjective with examples and translations in different languages.
adj. 1. evoking or expressing pity, sympathy, etc. 2. distressingly inadequate: the old man sat huddled in front of a pathetic fire. 3. informal Brit ludicrously or contemptibly uninteresting or worthless: the standard of goalkeeping in amateur football today is pathetic. 4. obsolete of or affecting the feelings. pl n. pathetic sentiments.
