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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.
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 definition: 1. showing no skill, effort, or bravery: 2. sad and weak: . Learn more.
Definition of pathetic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
PATHETIC meaning: 1 : causing feelings of sadness and sympathy; 2 : very bad, poor, weak, etc.
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.
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.
