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pathetic

[ puh-thet-ik ]

adjective

  1. causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable:

    Conditions at the refugee camp were far more pathetic than anything our training had prepared us for.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. Informal. miserably or contemptibly inadequate:

    In return for our investment we get a pathetic three percent interest. The carpenter we hired is pathetic.

  3. Archaic. pertaining to, caused by, or affecting the emotions:

    pathetic outbursts.

    Synonyms: , ,



pathetic

/ 辫蓹藞胃蓻迟瑟办 /

adjective

  1. evoking or expressing pity, sympathy, etc
  2. distressingly inadequate

    the old man sat huddled in front of a pathetic fire

  3. informal.
    ludicrously or contemptibly uninteresting or worthless

    the standard of goalkeeping in amateur football today is pathetic

  4. obsolete.
    of or affecting the feelings
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

plural noun

  1. pathetic sentiments
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 辫补藞迟丑别迟颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫补路迟丑别迟路颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 辫补路迟丑别迟路颈路肠补濒路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 丑测路辫别谤路辫补路迟丑别迟路颈肠 adjective
  • hy路per路辫补路迟丑别迟路颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 辩耻补路蝉颈-辫补路迟丑别迟路颈肠 adjective
  • qua路si-辫补路迟丑别迟路颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路辫补路迟丑别迟路颈肠 adjective
  • un路辫补路迟丑别迟路颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pathetic1

First recorded in 1590鈥1600; from Middle French 辫补迟丑茅迟颈辩耻别 or from Late Latin 辫补迟丑脓迟颈肠耻蝉, from Greek 辫补迟丑脓迟颈办贸蝉 鈥渃apable of emotion, impassioned, sensitive,鈥 equivalent to 辫补迟丑脓迟(贸蝉) 鈥渟ubject to suffering; one who has suffered; subject to external influence or change; (in medicine) diseased鈥 (derivative of 辫谩蝉肠丑别颈苍 鈥渢o suffer鈥) + -ikos adjective suffix; -ic
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pathetic1

C16: from French 辫补迟丑茅迟颈辩耻别, via Late Latin from Greek pathetikos sensitive, from pathos suffering; see pathos
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In another, Stan and a different friend try to move a heavy car engine onto the back of a truck, with comically pathetic results.

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The administration tried to finesse it by saying that war plans aren't classified, which is pathetic, but they managed to quiet the calls for Hegseth to resign.

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The bowing and scraping from some corporate bigwigs is so pathetic that it sometimes gets comical.

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I actually do want to make a case that Navarro is not quite as bad as Musk, or at least is more deeply pathetic.

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It is so pathetic how everything is rabidly political these days.

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