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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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PATHETIC definition: 1. causing feelings of sadness, sympathy, or sometimes lack of respect, especially because a person…. Learn more.
The meaning of PATHETIC is having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity. How to use pathetic in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pathetic.
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.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the word pathetic mean? There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pathetic, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Something pathetic inspires pity and contempt. If your backhand is pathetic, you probably shouldn't try out for the tennis team.
Pathetic definition: causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable. See examples of PATHETIC used in a sentence.
showing no skill, effort, or bravery: He made a rather pathetic attempt to apologize. You're too frightened to speak to her? Come on, that's pathetic! It was a pathetic performance. pathetic adjective (SAD) sad and weak: Four times the pathetic little creature fell to the ground. pathetically. adverb. a pathetically small amount of money.
Definition of pathetic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe a person or animal as pathetic, you mean that they are sad and weak or helpless, and they make you feel very sorry for them.
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.
