pathetic
adjective
[ pəˈθɛtɪk ]
• arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness.
• "she looked so pathetic that I bent down to comfort her"
Similar:
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,
distressful,
• miserably inadequate; of very low standard.
• "he's a pathetic excuse for a man"
Similar:
feeble,
woeful,
sorry,
poor,
pitiful,
lamentable,
deplorable,
miserable,
wretched,
contemptible,
despicable,
inadequate,
meagre,
paltry,
insufficient,
negligible,
insubstantial,
unsatisfactory,
worthless,
• 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’.
