Meaning of pathetic | Babel Free

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1. Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos
2. Arousing or deserving pity:piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, rueful, ruthful.
3. Arousing scorn or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy
4. pateties بِصورَةٍ مُثيرة للعَواطِف والشَّفَقَه трогателно tristemente dojemně rührend sørgeligt θλιμμένα, οικτρά patéticamente, lastimosamente liigutavalt بطور اسف بار säälittävästi pathétiquement בְּאוֹפֶן מְעוֹרֵר רַחֲמִים करुणाजनक रूप से patetičan szánalmasan secara lemah ömurlega pateticamente 痛ましく 불쌍하게 apgailėtinai aizkustinoši dgn cara yg bodoh zieligynkelig; rørende, patetisk wzruszająco په موثر ډول، په اغيزه ناك توګه tristemente disperat; (în mod) pa­te­tic жалостно; жалко dojímavo ga...
5. Expressing or showing anger; passionate
6. patético-a.
7. Trochlear
8. Arousing or deserving of sympathetic sadness and compassion: "The old, rather shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" (John Galsworthy).
9. Arousing or deserving of scornful pity.
10. evoking or expressing pity, sympathy, etc
11. distressingly inadequate: the old man sat huddled in front of a pathetic fire.
12. informal Brit ludicrously or contemptibly uninteresting or worthless: the standard of goalkeeping in amateur football today is pathetic.
    informal
13. obsolete of or affecting the feelings
    obsolete
14. pathetic sentiments. Also (archaic or obsolete): pathetical

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