patheticnessn.
/pəˈθɛtɪknᵻs/, U.S. /pəˈθɛdɪknᵻs/ Pathetic quality; the state or condition of being pathetic or evoking pathos.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > [noun]
patheticalnessa1607
movingness1661
pathos1668
stress1737
touchingnessa1750
patheticness1874
1874 ‘Ouida’ Two Wooden Shoes v. 98 The familiar history had a new patheticness for her.
1990 Financial Times (Nexis) 11 Aug. i. 14 The patheticness of Wegman's comments on the human condition.
2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 108 I must be turning soft, I let her patheticness put me under pressure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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