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Pathetic Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pathetic? [adj] inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett [adj] inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice" [adj] deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pathetic: contemptible \| hapless \| miserable \| misfortunate \| piteous \| pitiable \| pitiful \| poor \| ridiculous \| silly \| undignified \| unfortunate \| wretched Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pathetic: affecting \| affective \| afflictive \| beggarly \| beneath contempt \| bitter \| bleak \| cheap \| cheerless \| cheesy \| comfortless \| common \| contemptible \| crummy \| deplorable \| depressing \| depressive \| despicable \| discomforting \| dismal \| dismaying \| distressful \| distressing \| doleful \| dolorific \| dolorogenic \| dolorous \| dreary \| emotional \| emotive \| feeble \| gaudy \| gimcracky \| grievous \| heartrending \| inadequate \| joyless \| lamentable \| mean \| measly \| meretricious \| miserable \| mournful \| moving \| painful \| paltry \| petty \| piddling \| piteous \| pitiable \| pitiful \| plaintive \| poignant \| poor \| puny \| regrettable \| rubbishy \| rueful \| sad \| saddening \| scrubby \| scruffy \| scummy \| scurvy \| scuzzy \| shabby \| sharp \| shoddy \| sore \| sorrowful \| sorry \| stirring \| touching \| tragic \| trashy \| trumpery \| two-for-a-cent \| two-for-a-penny \| twopenny \| twopenny-halfpenny \| uncomfortable \| valueless \| vile \| woebegone \| woeful \| worthless \| wretched See Also \| Pathetic In Webster's Dictionary \Pa*thet"ic\, a. [L. patheticus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, to suffer: cf. F. path['e]tique. See {Pathos}.] 1. Expressing or showing anger; passionate. [Obs.] 2. Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story. ``Pathetic action.'' --Macaulay. No theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic. --E. Porter. {Pathetic muscle} (Anat.), the superior oblique muscle of the eye. {Pathetic nerve} (Anat.), the fourth cranial, or trochlear, nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic, muscle of the eye. {The pathetic}, a style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions.

Pathetic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pathetic?

[adj] inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett
[adj] inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
[adj] deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

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Pathetic In Webster's Dictionary

\Pa*thet"ic\, a. [L. patheticus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, to
suffer: cf. F. path['e]tique. See {Pathos}.]
1. Expressing or showing anger; passionate. [Obs.]

2. Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or
   grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story.
   ``Pathetic action.'' --Macaulay.

         No theory of the passions can teach a man to be
         pathetic.                             --E. Porter.

{Pathetic muscle} (Anat.), the superior oblique muscle of the
   eye.

{Pathetic nerve} (Anat.), the fourth cranial, or trochlear,
   nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic,
   muscle of the eye.

{The pathetic}, a style or manner adapted to arouse the
   tender emotions.

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