pathetic

Meaning

1. Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos.
2. Arousing scorn or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.
3. (obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.
4. Trochlear.

Synonyms

pitiful

pitiable

touching

piteous

sad

☹️

miserable

moving

wretched

poor

tragic

affecting

misfortunate

woeful

sorrowful

grievous

ridiculous

deplorable

destitute

emotional

hapless

heartbreaking

heart-rending

mournful

painful

pathetical

plaintive

poignant

saddening

silly

heroic

harrowing

grim

dismal

despicable

gloomy

abject

rueful

funereal

be exhausted

shabby

exciting pity

solemn

exhausted

sorry

sweet

sympathetic

tender

thrilling

enthusiastic

doleful

Translations

pathétique

patético

patetico

patético

pitoyable

rührend

zielig

☹️

kläglich

erbärmlich

bemitleidenswert

acıklı

pathetisch

jämmerlich

dokunaklı

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈθɛtɪk/

Etymology

From Middle French pathétique, from Latin patheticus, from Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós, “subject to feeling, capable of feeling, impassioned”), from παθητός (pathētós, “one who has suffered, subject to suffering”), from πάσχω (páskhō, “to suffer”).