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pathetically Definition


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pathetic
adj
    1. Moving one to pity; touching, heart-rending, poignant or pitiful.
      Example: her pathetic sobs
      Thesaurus: pitiful, touching, affecting, moving, poignant, plaintive.
    2. derog, colloq
      Hopelessly inadequate
      Example: a pathetic attempt.
      Thesaurus: miserable, deplorable, contemptible, worthless, pitiable, meagre, inadequate, puny, poor.
Derivative: pathetically
adverb
    Etymology: 16c: from Greek pathetikos sensitive.



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