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- Dictionarypathetic/pəˈθɛtɪk/
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. pathos literary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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.
5 meanings: 1. evoking or expressing pity, sympathy, etc 2. distressingly inadequate 3. British informal ludicrously or.... Click for more definitions.
Pathetic definition: causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable. See examples of PATHETIC used in a sentence.
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.
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.
