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   pathetic

   /pəˈθɛtɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness: "she looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her" Similar pitifulpitiablepiteousto be pitiedmovingtouchingpoignantplaintivestirringaffectingdistressingdisquietingdisturbingupsettingmiserableheartbreakingheart-rendingagonizingharrowingmortifyingsadwretchedpoorforlorntragicdolefulmournfulwoefulrare:distressfulOpposite comicalcheerful
   • 2. miserably inadequate; of very low standard: "he's a pathetic excuse for a man" Similar feeblewoefulsorrypoorpitifullamentabledeplorablemiserablewretchedcontemptibledespicableinadequatemeagrepaltryinsufficientnegligibleinsubstantialunsatisfactoryworthlessOpposite admirableexcellent
   • 3. relating to the emotions. archaic

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘affecting the emotions’): via late Latin from Greek pathētikos ‘sensitive’, based on pathos ‘suffering’.

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