Definition of pathetic in English:

pathetic

adjective pəˈθɛtɪkpəˈθɛdɪk

1Arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness.
she looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her
Example sentencesExamples
- His Graham is a pathetic, vulnerable figure who inspires both pity and amusement.
- He watched as the shadowy silhouette of one of the pathetic creatures stumbled past.
- His heart skipped a beat with joy and he then wondered if it made him pathetic.
- It seemed somehow forlorn and pathetic as if it had been suddenly abandoned.
- The figure, in its nakedness, has an almost ghostly, insubstantial quality, a pathetic vulnerability.
- She is good-hearted and took pity on my pathetic form whenever I was sent to the kitchens by my mistresses.
- Hey, call me pathetic, but I was absolutely desperate for friends.
- From the very beginning, toddlers are made to carry heavy burden of books and copies which really is a pathetic sight.
- She sniffed sullenly, as if trying to emphasize her disdain, but only sounded rather pathetic.
- I'm sure this all sounds a bit pathetic to someone in your position.
- A big red bus rolled past, around a curve, and out of sight as I waved in pathetic desperation.
- "Sorry… " I replied lamely, beginning to look even more pathetic.
- You're a weak, pathetic fool, a voice said in my head.
- Writing a story about an ex-boyfriend from several months ago seemed a bit pathetic.
- Anyone who is sick, or poor, or generally pathetic would lack credibility as a prophet.
- It upsets me that someone so engagingly pathetic can be so disruptive.
- But your pathetic attempt to conceal your identity made me pity you.
- Standing, she looked down at the pathetic, toothless creature at her feet.
- I read the news in regards to your situation and find it pathetic.
- Most of them carried little bundles and they were a pathetic sight.
Synonyms
pitiful, pitiable, piteous, to be pitied, moving, touching, poignant, plaintive, stirring
affecting, distressing, disquieting, disturbing, upsetting, miserable, heartbreaking, heart-rending, agonizing, harrowing, mortifying, sad, wretched, poor, forlorn, tragic, doleful, mournful, woeful
rare distressful
2informal Miserably inadequate.
he's a pathetic excuse for a man
Example sentencesExamples
- I would like to know what pathetic excuses these so-called fans have for staying at home.
- As I come into town, I pass the local mechanic's place, a pathetic excuse for a garage.
- However, Timothy found it to be pretty pathetic attempt at an insult.
- They hold the foreigners in contempt, calling them aliens and capering about in a pathetic attempt to feel superior.
- Then we get this paltry, pathetic excuse for a bill, and we are all supposed to become excited about it.
- He covers his smile with a hand and examines her pathetic excuse for a tent.
- Or if it does, it's a pretty pathetic excuse for a church.
- I gave it a go and this year I have had about 50 apricots on my pathetic excuse for a tree.
- That article was the most pathetic excuse for him to showcase his infantile vocabulary.
- In practice, a vast amount of spiritualist messages seem pathetic in their banality and sentimentality.
- But for now, I'm the pathetic loser, and you know what?
- The man was a pathetic loser who couldn't even write a decent story.
- By which I mean I will use the most pathetic excuses to avoid doing anything.
- I'm not even going to link to it as it was so pathetic.
- Karl made some pathetic excuse about having to go to Croydon.
- I hope this doesn't come out as a pathetic excuse of why I haven't updated in a while.
- Every now and then, we in the gaming community are presented with a pathetic excuse for a video game, a console port.
- After they had finished their pathetic excuse for a meal, they continued on their way.
- Jasmine gave out this little laugh that she thought sounded pretty pathetic.
- Louis had a defeated look on his face and Henry was dancing around him in a pathetic excuse for a victory dance.
Synonyms
feeble, woeful, sorry, poor, pitiful, lamentable, deplorable, miserable, wretched, contemptible, despicable, inadequate, meagre, paltry, insufficient, negligible, insubstantial, unsatisfactory, worthless
3archaic Relating to the emotions.

Origin

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

‘Affecting the emotions’ was the early sense of pathetic which came via late Latin from Greek pathētikos ‘sensitive’, based on pathos ‘suffering’ (M17th in English). Apathy (early 17th century) is from apathēs ‘without feeling’, and empathy (from em- ‘in’ and pathos ‘feeling’) was coined by physiologists in the early 20th century. See also sympathy

Rhymes

aesthetic (US esthetic), alphabetic, anaesthetic (US anesthetic), antithetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cosmetic, cybernetic, diabetic, dietetic, diuretic, electromagnetic, emetic, energetic, exegetic, frenetic, genetic, Helvetic, hermetic, homiletic, kinetic, magnetic, metic, mimetic, parenthetic, peripatetic, phonetic, photosynthetic, poetic, prophetic, prothetic, psychokinetic, splenetic, sympathetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, telekinetic, theoretic, zetetic

Definition of pathetic in US English:

pathetic

adjectivepəˈθɛdɪkpəˈTHedik

1Arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness.
she looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her
Example sentencesExamples
- She is good-hearted and took pity on my pathetic form whenever I was sent to the kitchens by my mistresses.
- Standing, she looked down at the pathetic, toothless creature at her feet.
- It upsets me that someone so engagingly pathetic can be so disruptive.
- From the very beginning, toddlers are made to carry heavy burden of books and copies which really is a pathetic sight.
- Anyone who is sick, or poor, or generally pathetic would lack credibility as a prophet.
- But your pathetic attempt to conceal your identity made me pity you.
- Writing a story about an ex-boyfriend from several months ago seemed a bit pathetic.
- She sniffed sullenly, as if trying to emphasize her disdain, but only sounded rather pathetic.
- The figure, in its nakedness, has an almost ghostly, insubstantial quality, a pathetic vulnerability.
- Hey, call me pathetic, but I was absolutely desperate for friends.
- It seemed somehow forlorn and pathetic as if it had been suddenly abandoned.
- You're a weak, pathetic fool, a voice said in my head.
- A big red bus rolled past, around a curve, and out of sight as I waved in pathetic desperation.
- He watched as the shadowy silhouette of one of the pathetic creatures stumbled past.
- I read the news in regards to your situation and find it pathetic.
- His Graham is a pathetic, vulnerable figure who inspires both pity and amusement.
- "Sorry… " I replied lamely, beginning to look even more pathetic.
- His heart skipped a beat with joy and he then wondered if it made him pathetic.
- Most of them carried little bundles and they were a pathetic sight.
- I'm sure this all sounds a bit pathetic to someone in your position.
Synonyms
pitiful, pitiable, piteous, to be pitied, moving, touching, poignant, plaintive, stirring
1. 1.1informal Miserably inadequate.
  his test scores in Chemistry were pathetic
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'm not even going to link to it as it was so pathetic.
  That article was the most pathetic excuse for him to showcase his infantile vocabulary.
  After they had finished their pathetic excuse for a meal, they continued on their way.
  I would like to know what pathetic excuses these so-called fans have for staying at home.
  Jasmine gave out this little laugh that she thought sounded pretty pathetic.
  Or if it does, it's a pretty pathetic excuse for a church.
  He covers his smile with a hand and examines her pathetic excuse for a tent.
  Karl made some pathetic excuse about having to go to Croydon.
  Then we get this paltry, pathetic excuse for a bill, and we are all supposed to become excited about it.
  I gave it a go and this year I have had about 50 apricots on my pathetic excuse for a tree.
  Louis had a defeated look on his face and Henry was dancing around him in a pathetic excuse for a victory dance.
  But for now, I'm the pathetic loser, and you know what?
  They hold the foreigners in contempt, calling them aliens and capering about in a pathetic attempt to feel superior.
  By which I mean I will use the most pathetic excuses to avoid doing anything.
  Every now and then, we in the gaming community are presented with a pathetic excuse for a video game, a console port.
  I hope this doesn't come out as a pathetic excuse of why I haven't updated in a while.
  In practice, a vast amount of spiritualist messages seem pathetic in their banality and sentimentality.
  The man was a pathetic loser who couldn't even write a decent story.
  However, Timothy found it to be pretty pathetic attempt at an insult.
  As I come into town, I pass the local mechanic's place, a pathetic excuse for a garage.
2archaic Relating to the emotions.
3informal Miserably inadequate.
his test scores in Chemistry were pathetic
Synonyms
feeble, woeful, sorry, poor, pitiful, lamentable, deplorable, miserable, wretched, contemptible, despicable, inadequate, meagre, paltry, insufficient, negligible, insubstantial, unsatisfactory, worthless

Origin

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

单词	pathetic
释义	Definition of pathetic in English: pathetic adjective pəˈθɛtɪkpəˈθɛdɪk 1Arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness. she looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her Example sentencesExamples His Graham is a pathetic, vulnerable figure who inspires both pity and amusement. He watched as the shadowy silhouette of one of the pathetic creatures stumbled past. His heart skipped a beat with joy and he then wondered if it made him pathetic. It seemed somehow forlorn and pathetic as if it had been suddenly abandoned. The figure, in its nakedness, has an almost ghostly, insubstantial quality, a pathetic vulnerability. She is good-hearted and took pity on my pathetic form whenever I was sent to the kitchens by my mistresses. Hey, call me pathetic, but I was absolutely desperate for friends. From the very beginning, toddlers are made to carry heavy burden of books and copies which really is a pathetic sight. She sniffed sullenly, as if trying to emphasize her disdain, but only sounded rather pathetic. I'm sure this all sounds a bit pathetic to someone in your position. A big red bus rolled past, around a curve, and out of sight as I waved in pathetic desperation. "Sorry… " I replied lamely, beginning to look even more pathetic. You're a weak, pathetic fool, a voice said in my head. Writing a story about an ex-boyfriend from several months ago seemed a bit pathetic. Anyone who is sick, or poor, or generally pathetic would lack credibility as a prophet. It upsets me that someone so engagingly pathetic can be so disruptive. But your pathetic attempt to conceal your identity made me pity you. Standing, she looked down at the pathetic, toothless creature at her feet. I read the news in regards to your situation and find it pathetic. Most of them carried little bundles and they were a pathetic sight. Synonyms pitiful, pitiable, piteous, to be pitied, moving, touching, poignant, plaintive, stirring affecting, distressing, disquieting, disturbing, upsetting, miserable, heartbreaking, heart-rending, agonizing, harrowing, mortifying, sad, wretched, poor, forlorn, tragic, doleful, mournful, woeful rare distressful 2informal Miserably inadequate. he's a pathetic excuse for a man Example sentencesExamples I would like to know what pathetic excuses these so-called fans have for staying at home. As I come into town, I pass the local mechanic's place, a pathetic excuse for a garage. However, Timothy found it to be pretty pathetic attempt at an insult. They hold the foreigners in contempt, calling them aliens and capering about in a pathetic attempt to feel superior. Then we get this paltry, pathetic excuse for a bill, and we are all supposed to become excited about it. He covers his smile with a hand and examines her pathetic excuse for a tent. Or if it does, it's a pretty pathetic excuse for a church. I gave it a go and this year I have had about 50 apricots on my pathetic excuse for a tree. That article was the most pathetic excuse for him to showcase his infantile vocabulary. In practice, a vast amount of spiritualist messages seem pathetic in their banality and sentimentality. But for now, I'm the pathetic loser, and you know what? The man was a pathetic loser who couldn't even write a decent story. By which I mean I will use the most pathetic excuses to avoid doing anything. I'm not even going to link to it as it was so pathetic. Karl made some pathetic excuse about having to go to Croydon. I hope this doesn't come out as a pathetic excuse of why I haven't updated in a while. Every now and then, we in the gaming community are presented with a pathetic excuse for a video game, a console port. After they had finished their pathetic excuse for a meal, they continued on their way. Jasmine gave out this little laugh that she thought sounded pretty pathetic. Louis had a defeated look on his face and Henry was dancing around him in a pathetic excuse for a victory dance. Synonyms feeble, woeful, sorry, poor, pitiful, lamentable, deplorable, miserable, wretched, contemptible, despicable, inadequate, meagre, paltry, insufficient, negligible, insubstantial, unsatisfactory, worthless 3archaic Relating to the emotions. Origin Late 16th century (in the sense 'affecting the emotions'): via late Latin from Greek pathētikos 'sensitive', based on pathos 'suffering'. ‘Affecting the emotions’ was the early sense of pathetic which came via late Latin from Greek pathētikos ‘sensitive’, based on *pathos* ‘suffering’ (M17th in English). Apathy (early 17th century) is from apathēs ‘without feeling’, and empathy (from em- ‘in’ and pathos ‘feeling’) was coined by physiologists in the early 20th century. See also sympathy Rhymes aesthetic (US esthetic), alphabetic, anaesthetic (US anesthetic), antithetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cosmetic, cybernetic, diabetic, dietetic, diuretic, electromagnetic, emetic, energetic, exegetic, frenetic, genetic, Helvetic, hermetic, homiletic, kinetic, magnetic, metic, mimetic, parenthetic, peripatetic, phonetic, photosynthetic, poetic, prophetic, prothetic, psychokinetic, splenetic, sympathetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, telekinetic, theoretic, zetetic Definition of pathetic in US English: pathetic adjectivepəˈθɛdɪkpəˈTHedik 1Arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness. she looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her Example sentencesExamples She is good-hearted and took pity on my pathetic form whenever I was sent to the kitchens by my mistresses. Standing, she looked down at the pathetic, toothless creature at her feet. It upsets me that someone so engagingly pathetic can be so disruptive. From the very beginning, toddlers are made to carry heavy burden of books and copies which really is a pathetic sight. Anyone who is sick, or poor, or generally pathetic would lack credibility as a prophet. But your pathetic attempt to conceal your identity made me pity you. Writing a story about an ex-boyfriend from several months ago seemed a bit pathetic. She sniffed sullenly, as if trying to emphasize her disdain, but only sounded rather pathetic. The figure, in its nakedness, has an almost ghostly, insubstantial quality, a pathetic vulnerability. Hey, call me pathetic, but I was absolutely desperate for friends. It seemed somehow forlorn and pathetic as if it had been suddenly abandoned. You're a weak, pathetic fool, a voice said in my head. A big red bus rolled past, around a curve, and out of sight as I waved in pathetic desperation. He watched as the shadowy silhouette of one of the pathetic creatures stumbled past. I read the news in regards to your situation and find it pathetic. His Graham is a pathetic, vulnerable figure who inspires both pity and amusement. "Sorry… " I replied lamely, beginning to look even more pathetic. His heart skipped a beat with joy and he then wondered if it made him pathetic. Most of them carried little bundles and they were a pathetic sight. I'm sure this all sounds a bit pathetic to someone in your position. Synonyms pitiful, pitiable, piteous, to be pitied, moving, touching, poignant, plaintive, stirring 1.1informal Miserably inadequate. his test scores in Chemistry were pathetic Example sentencesExamples I'm not even going to link to it as it was so pathetic. That article was the most pathetic excuse for him to showcase his infantile vocabulary. After they had finished their pathetic excuse for a meal, they continued on their way. I would like to know what pathetic excuses these so-called fans have for staying at home. Jasmine gave out this little laugh that she thought sounded pretty pathetic. Or if it does, it's a pretty pathetic excuse for a church. He covers his smile with a hand and examines her pathetic excuse for a tent. Karl made some pathetic excuse about having to go to Croydon. Then we get this paltry, pathetic excuse for a bill, and we are all supposed to become excited about it. I gave it a go and this year I have had about 50 apricots on my pathetic excuse for a tree. Louis had a defeated look on his face and Henry was dancing around him in a pathetic excuse for a victory dance. But for now, I'm the pathetic loser, and you know what? They hold the foreigners in contempt, calling them aliens and capering about in a pathetic attempt to feel superior. By which I mean I will use the most pathetic excuses to avoid doing anything. Every now and then, we in the gaming community are presented with a pathetic excuse for a video game, a console port. I hope this doesn't come out as a pathetic excuse of why I haven't updated in a while. In practice, a vast amount of spiritualist messages seem pathetic in their banality and sentimentality. The man was a pathetic loser who couldn't even write a decent story. However, Timothy found it to be pretty pathetic attempt at an insult. As I come into town, I pass the local mechanic's place, a pathetic excuse for a garage. 2archaic Relating to the emotions. 3informal Miserably inadequate. his test scores in Chemistry were pathetic Synonyms feeble, woeful, sorry, poor, pitiful, lamentable, deplorable, miserable, wretched, contemptible, despicable, inadequate, meagre, paltry, insufficient, negligible, insubstantial, unsatisfactory, worthless 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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