pathetic

pa·thet·ic  (p-thtk) also pa·thet·i·cal (--kl)

adj.

1. Arousing or capable of arousing sympathetic sadness and compassion: "The old, rather shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" (John Galsworthy).

2. Arousing or capable of arousing scornful pity.

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[French pathétique, from Late Latin pathticus, from Greek pathtikos, sensitive, from pathtos, liable to suffer, from pathos, suffering; see k^went(h)- in Indo-European roots.]

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pa·theti·cal·ly adv.

Synonyms: pathetic, pitiful, pitiable, piteous, lamentable
These adjectives describe what inspires or deserves pity. Something pathetic elicits sympathetic sadness and compassion: "a most earnest . . . entreaty, addressed to you in the most pathetic tones of the voice so dear to you" (Charles Dickens).
Both pitiful and pitiable apply to what is touchingly sad: "She told a most pitiful story" (Samuel Butler). "The emperor had been in a state of pitiable vacillation" (William Hickling Prescott).
Sometimes these three terms connote contemptuous pity, as for what is hopelessly inept or inadequate: a school with pathetic academic standards. "To be guided by second-hand conjecture is pitiful" (Jane Austen). "That cold accretion called the world, which, so terrible in the mass, is so unformidable, even pitiable, in its units" (Thomas Hardy).
Piteous applies to what cries out for pity: "They . . . made piteous lamentation to us to save them" (Daniel Defoe).
Lamentable suggests the evocation of pity mixed with sorrow: "Tell thou the lamentable tale of me,/And send the hearers weeping to their beds" (Shakespeare).

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pathetic

Adjective

1. arousing pity or sympathy

2. distressingly inadequate: his pathetic attempt to maintain a stiff upper lip failed [Greek pathos suffering]

pathetically adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	pathetic - deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" misfortunate, piteous, hapless, poor, miserable, pitiable, pitiful, wretched unfortunate - not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
	2.	pathetic - inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice" pitiable, pitiful contemptible - deserving of contempt or scorn
	3.	pathetic - inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett ridiculous, silly undignified - lacking dignity

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pathetic

adjective 1. sad, moving, touching, affecting, distressing, tender, melting, poignant, harrowing, heartbreaking, plaintive, heart-rending, gut-wrenching, pitiable << OPPOSITE funny

adjective 2. inadequate, useless, feeble, poor, sorry, wet Brit. (informal) pants (informal) miserable, petty, worthless, meagre, pitiful, woeful, deplorable, lamentable, trashy, measly, crummy (slang) crappy (slang) rubbishy, poxy (slang)

Translations

pathetic [pəˈθɛtɪk] adj (= pitiful) → penoso, patético (= very bad); malísimo (= moving); conmovedor(a)

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pathetic [pəˈθɛtɪk] adj (= pitiful) → pitoyable (= very bad); lamentable, minable (= moving); pathétique

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pathetic [pəˈθɛtɪk] adj (= pitiful) → mitleiderregend (= very bad); erbärmlich

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pathetic [pəˈθɛtɪk] adj (= pitiful) → patetico/a (= very bad); penoso/a

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pathetic

adj pathetic [pəˈθetik]

1 causing pity The lost dog was a pathetic sight. jammerlik مُثير للشَّفَقَه трогателен žalostný, dojemný sørgelig bemittleidenswert αξιολύπητος lastimoso, patético liigutav رقت انگیز säälittävä pathétique מְעוֹרֵר רַחֲמִים करुणाजनक bijedan szánalmas menyedihkan átakanlegur pietoso 哀れな 애처로운 graudus aizkustinošs menyedihkan meelijwekkend ynkelig; gripende żałosny lastimável vrednic de milă трогательный; жалостный žalostný ganljiv patetičan patetisk, gripande, rörande น่าสงสาร acıklı, dokunaklı 可憐的 зворушливий; жалісний قابل رحم thống thiết 可怜的

2 weak and useless a pathetic attempt. pateties ضَعيف وفاشِل безполезен ubohý sølle kläglich οικτρός inútil haletsusväärne بی ثمر toivoton pitoyable עָלוּב बेकार jadan gyenge lemah átakanlega, ömurlegur patetico 弱々しい 감상적인 graudus nožēlojams, niecīgs bodoh erbarmelijk ynkverdig, patetisk żałosny triste dis­pe­rat жалкий, безнадёжный úbohý pomilovanja vreden patetičan patetisk, ynklig แร้นแค้น içler acısı, berbat 無用的 жалюгідний بيکار، بے سود thảm bại 无用的

adv paˈthetically

pateties بِصورَةٍ مُثيرة للعَواطِف والشَّفَقَه трогателно dojemně sørgeligt rührend θλιμμένα, οικτρά patéticamente, lastimosamente liigutavalt بطور اسف بار säälittävästi pathétiquement בְּאוֹפֶן מְעוֹרֵר רַחֲמִים करुणाजनक रूप से patetičan szánalmasan secara lemah ömurlega pateticamente 痛ましく 애처롭게 apgailėtinai aizkustinoši dgn cara yg bodoh ynkelig; rørende, patetisk wzruszająco tristemente disperat; (în mod) pa­te­tic жалостно;жалко dojímavo ganljivo patetično patetiskt อย่างน่าสงสาร acınacak derecede 可憐地 жалюгідно قابل رحم انداز ميں một cách thống thiết 可怜地