pathetic
Meaning of pathetic
- arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness.
she looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her
it was a pathetic sight
- miserably inadequate; of very low standard.
he's a pathetic excuse for a man
his ball control was pathetic
- relating to the emotions.
late 16th century (in the sense ‘affecting the emotions’): via late Latin from Greek pathētikos ‘sensitive’, based on pathos ‘suffering’.
Information about pathetic
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of pathetic is: pathetics.
- Languages in which pathetic is used:
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Hyphenation of pathetic
pa-thetic
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- pathetic is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
pathetic synonyms
Meaning hapless:
hapless, miserable, misfortunate, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
Meaning pitiable:
Meaning ridiculous:
Meaning in motion:
Meaning arousing feelings of sympathy or gratitude:
Meaning evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret:
Meaning sounding sad and mournful:
Meaning causing excitement or strong emotion; rousing:
Meaning touching the emotions; moving:
Meaning causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting:
Meaning inducing feelings of anxiety or worry:
Meaning causing anxiety; worrying:
Meaning causing unhappiness, disappointment, or worry:
Meaning causing overwhelming distress; very upsetting:
Meaning causing great physical or mental pain:
Meaning acutely distressing:
Meaning causing great embarrassment or shame:
Meaning causing or characterized by sorrow or regret; unfortunate and regrettable:
Meaning pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely:
Meaning suffering extreme distress or sorrow:
Meaning expressing sorrow; mournful:
Meaning feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief:
Meaning characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery:
Meaning lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness:
Meaning feeling sad or distressed through sympathy with someone else's misfortune:
Meaning (of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable:
Meaning shockingly bad in quality:
Meaning deserving contempt; despicable:
Meaning deserving hatred and contempt:
Meaning lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose:
Meaning (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality:
Meaning (of an amount) very small or meagre:
Meaning not enough; inadequate:
Meaning so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant:
Meaning lacking strength and solidity:
Meaning not satisfactory; not good enough:
Meaning having no real value or use:
pathetic antonyms
Meaning amusing, especially in a ludicrous or absurd way:
Meaning noticeably happy and optimistic:
Meaning arousing or deserving respect and approval:
Meaning extremely good; outstanding:
Translation of pathetic
- Italian: povero, miserevole, patetico
- Spanish: patético
Words that rhyme with pathetic
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