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- pronunciation:
- p
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tihk
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
arousing feelings of pity, sorrow, or tender concern.
The baby's pathetic wailing was due to both hunger and cold.The limping dog was a pathetic sight.
- synonyms:
- affecting, moving, pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, poignant, touching
- similar words:
- distressing, doleful, dolorous, heartbreaking, heartrending, lamentable, mournful, piteous, rueful, sad, sorrowful, tearful, wretched
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| definition 2: |
miserably ineffective or inadequate; worthy of arousing scorn or ridicule.
You did a pathetic job of fixing this! Look! It's still leaking!I've always been a pathetic housekeeper, so I finally hired a cleaner.Your attempts to get our sympathy is pathetic!He's pathetic at playing tennis; he's always hitting the ball straight over the fence.- synonyms:
- awful, crummy, lousy, pitiable, pitiful, terrible, wretched
- similar words:
- contemptible, feeble, inadequate, insufficient, meager, measly, miserable, paltry
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| related words: |
deplorable, frugal, moving, poignant, poor, sorry, touching, tragic, woeful, worthless |
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| derivation: |
pathetically (adv.) |
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